Belgian Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

      Several curious statistical insights from the Belgian Grand Prix…

      Qualification

      By winning the qualification in Spa, Kimi Antonelli secured his sixth pole in his career and this season. Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri also have six poles now. The young Italian has won qualifications in 17.65% of the Grands Prix he has participated in. Among active drivers, he ranks third in this statistic, behind only Verstappen and Hamilton.

      Antonelli's pole is the 153rd in the history of the Mercedes team (the nearest benchmark is 177 poles by McLaren) and the 54th for Italians (the nearest benchmark is 70 poles by Finns).

      Max Verstappen's second place is the third repetition of his best result this season. Max has been on the front row of the starting grid for the 88th time in his career, surpassing Ayrton Senna in this statistic. He has climbed to fourth place in the ranking, behind Sebastian Vettel (101 starts from the front row), Michael Schumacher (116), and Lewis Hamilton (177).

      Lando Norris's third place is the second repetition of his best qualifying result this year, but due to a penalty, he started only 13th.

      For the first time this season and for the first time at the Spa circuit, Charles Leclerc qualified fifth, but after Norris's penalty, he started the race fourth – this is his worst result in Belgium since 2022, when he started the race 15th due to a penalty.

      For the third time this season, Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth – this is his worst position since Miami.

      Oscar Piastri qualified seventh for the fifth time in the last seven Grands Prix.

      Qualifying eighth, Arvid Lindblad from Racing Bulls achieved the best result of his career.

      Ninth place is the second repetition of Gabriel Bortoleto's best result – and the third repetition of the best result for the Audi team.

      Tenth place in qualifying is Isaac Hadjar's worst result this season.

      Esteban Ocon's 18th place in qualifying is his worst result of the season.

      For the fifth consecutive qualifying session and sixth time this season, Aston Martin drivers occupied the last two spots.

      Race

      By winning the Belgian Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli achieved his sixth career victory, tying with Tony Brooks, John Surtees, Gilles Villeneuve, Jochen Rindt, Jacques Laffite, Ricardo Patrese, and Ralf Schumacher.

      Antonelli surpassed the milestone of 300 laps led in his career.

      Finishing second, Charles Leclerc reached the podium for the 54th time in his career, tying with Niki Lauda. In Spa, Leclerc surpassed the milestone of 5000 kilometers led in his career.

      The podium in Spa is the 130th in Max Verstappen's career – and the sixth in 12 appearances at this circuit. This is Red Bull's 300th podium.

      Finishing fourth, Lewis Hamilton continued his successful streak – this year he remains the only one to have completed the full distance of the past Grands Prix – 603 laps out of 603.

      The points earned by Ferrari drivers allowed the team to surpass the milestone of 11,000 points in history – they are the absolute leaders in this statistic.

      For the third time in the last four Grands Prix, Isaac Hadjar finished sixth.

      The Belgian Grand Prix is the twentieth race in which Lando Norris set the fastest lap (and the second this year after Miami). Previously, he had no fastest laps in Spa.

      Gabriel Bortoleto finished eighth for the second consecutive race, matching his best result in his career and in the history of the Audi team.

      Finishing 19th, Fernando Alonso matched his worst result of the season.