United States Grand Prix: Curious statistics

      A few curious statistical findings following the United States Grand Prix…

      Qualifying

      By winning qualifying in Austin, Max Verstappen secured the 47th pole position of his career and his seventh of the season. He sits fifth on the all-time list, with Sebastian Vettel fourth on 57 poles. Lewis Hamilton leads the list with 104 career poles.

      In the ranking by number of poles for a single team, Verstappen moved up to third, overtaking Ayrton Senna, who took 46 poles for McLaren. Next in the ranking are Michael Schumacher with 58 poles for Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton with 78 poles for Mercedes.

      The pole in Austin was the 50th for Red Bull with Honda engines, although they are now branded differently.

      Lando Norris set the second-fastest time, starting from the front row for the 25th time in his career.

      Charles Leclerc’s third place was his best result since his pole in Hungary.

      George Russell’s fourth place matched his best result in Austin.

      Lewis Hamilton’s fifth place gave him his 12th start in the top five in 13 visits to this circuit.

      Oscar Piastri qualified sixth. He has never started in the top four in Austin in his career. The Australian has twice in the last three races qualified outside the top three.

      Oliver Bearman’s eighth place matched Haas F1’s best start in Austin.

      Race

      By winning the United States Grand Prix, Max Verstappen claimed the 68th victory of his career and his fifth of the season. It was Red Bull’s 127th win in history — four more wins and they will equal Mercedes in the all-time ranking for this metric.

      The podium in Austin was the 122nd of Verstappen’s career, tying him with Sebastian Vettel for third on the all-time list. Only Michael Schumacher (155) and Lewis Hamilton (202) have more podiums.

      Verstappen became the first driver to win seven United States Grands Prix — four in Austin, two in Miami and one in Las Vegas.

      Verstappen scored 119 of a possible 133 points in the last five Grands Prix. Four races ago he trailed the championship leader by 104 points; now he trails by only forty points.

      Lando Norris finished second and became the leader for the number of podiums this season — he has 15, Piastri 14, Verstappen 10.

      Charles Leclerc finished third, reaching the podium for the 49th time in his career.

      Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, equalling his best result of the season for the fourth time. In Austin he passed the 5,000 career points mark (now 5,004.5 points) — he leads this ranking.

      Finishing fifth, Oscar Piastri failed to reach the podium for the third race in a row.

      George Russell finished sixth in Austin for the second year running.

      Seventh place for Yuki Tsunoda was his best result in Austin.

      Nico Hülkenberg finished eighth in Austin for the second year in a row, earning his first points since his Silverstone podium.

      Oliver Bearman finished ninth for the second race running.

      Kimi Antonelli finished 13th, but for the third time this year recorded the fastest lap of the race.