List of Formula One race records
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This is a list of race records in the FIA World Championships, since 1950.
This page is accurate as of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Race records
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| Most retirements (number) | 25 |  1951 Indianapolis 500 (out of 33 starters – 75.8%)
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| Most retirements (percentage) | 85.7% |  1996 Monaco Grand Prix (18 out of 21 starters)
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| Fewest drivers not classified | 0 |  1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters) 2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters)[N 1] 2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters) 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) 2015 Japanese Grand Prix (20 starters)[N 2] 2016 Chinese Grand Prix (22 starters) 2016 Japanese Grand Prix (22 starters) 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (20 starters)[N 3] 2019 Austrian Grand Prix (20 starters)
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| Fewest finishers (actual) | 3 | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (21 starters. Seven cars were classified, only three actually crossed the finish line)
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| Fewest finishers (classified) | 4 | 1966 Monaco Grand Prix (16 starters)
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| Most finishers | 24 | 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters)
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| Most pitstops | 88 |  2011 Hungarian Grand Prix
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| Fewest pitstops | 0 | 1961 Dutch Grand Prix
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| Fastest pitstop | 1.82 sec | Red Bull Racing-Honda on Max Verstappen (2019 Brazilian Grand Prix, lap 21)
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| Most overtakes for the lead | 40 | 1965 Italian Grand Prix
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| Most overtakes in a dry race | 161 | 2016 Chinese Grand Prix
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| Most overtakes in a wet race | 144 |  2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
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| Fewest overtakes in a race | 0 | 2003 Monaco Grand Prix 2005 United States Grand Prix 2009 European Grand Prix 2017 Russian Grand Prix
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| Most starters | 34 |  1953 German Grand Prix
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| Fewest starters | 6 | 2005 United States Grand Prix (20 cars took warmup lap, but 14 cars pulled out before the start)
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| Smallest winning margin | 0.01 s (timed to 2 decimal places)[N 4] | 1971 Italian Grand Prix ( Peter Gethin from  Ronnie Peterson)also closest 1st–3rd (0.09 s); 1st–4th (0.18 s); 1st–5th (0.61 s) |
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| 0.011 sec (timed to 3 decimal places) | 2002 United States Grand Prix ( Rubens Barrichello from Michael Schumacher)
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| Largest winning margin (laps) | 2 laps |  1969 Spanish Grand Prix ( Jackie Stewart from  Bruce McLaren) 1995 Australian Grand Prix ( Damon Hill from  Olivier Panis)
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| Largest winning margin (time) | 5 min 12.75 sec |  1958 Portuguese Grand Prix ( Stirling Moss from Mike Hawthorn)
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| Lowest average race speed (winner) | 74.844 km/h (46.506 mph) |  2011 Canadian Grand Prix ( Jenson Button) (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain)
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| Highest average race speed (winner) | 247.585 km/h (153.842 mph) | 2003 Italian Grand Prix ( Michael Schumacher)
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| Highest average lap speed (qualifying) | 263.587 km/h (163.785 mph) | 2018 Italian Grand Prix ( Kimi Räikkönen)
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| Highest top speed (race) | 370.1 km/h (229.969 mph) | 2005 Italian Grand Prix ( Kimi Räikkönen)
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| 372.54 km/h (231.486 mph) (Not yet accepted by FIA) |  2016 Mexican Grand Prix ( Valtteri Bottas)
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| Highest top speed (weekend sessions) | 378 km/h (234.878 mph) |  2016 European Grand Prix qualifying ( Valtteri Bottas)
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| Shortest race | 14 laps, 24 min 34.899 s 52.92 km (32.883 mi) |
1991 Australian Grand Prix (Race abandoned on lap 16 due to heavy rain)
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| Shortest race without a red flag | 1 h 14 min 19.838 s | 2003 Italian Grand Prix
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| Longest race (duration) | 70 laps, 4 h 4 min 39.537 s |
2011 Canadian Grand Prix (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain)
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| Longest race (distance) | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) |
 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Indianapolis 500
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| Longest non-Indianapolis 500 race (distance) | 77 laps, 601.832 km (373.961 mi) |
1951 French Grand Prix
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| Most times safety car deployed in single race |
6 times | 2011 Canadian Grand Prix
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| Most red flags in qualifying | 4 | 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix (Heavy rain, crashes of Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Massa and Rio Haryanto)
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| Closest result in a qualifying session | 0.000s between P1 and P3 | 1997 European Grand Prix ( Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical qualifying lap times)
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| Most pit stops by a driver in a single race | 7 | Alain Prost (1993 European Grand Prix)
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| Most pit stops by a winning driver in a single race | 6 (including 1 penalty) | Jenson Button (2011 Canadian Grand Prix)
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| Most (driving) penalties in one race | 3 |  Pastor Maldonado (2015 Hungarian Grand Prix)
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| Most grid-place (engine) penalties for one race | 70 | Jenson Button (2015 Mexican Grand Prix)
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| Youngest average age of podium finishers | 23 years, 256 days | 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix ( Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr.)
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| Oldest average age of podium finishers | 46 years, 263 days |  1950 Swiss Grand Prix ( Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, Louis Rosier)
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| Most races in a season | 21 | 2016, 2018, 2019 | |
| 22 | 2020 (originally planned)[N 5] | ||
| Fewest races in a season | 7 | 1950, 1955 | |
| Season starting earliest in the year | 1 January | 1965 (South Africa), 1968 (South Africa) | |
| Season starting latest in the year | 27 May | 1951 (Switzerland) | |
| 5 July | 2020 (Austria, planned. Start of season heavily postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) | ||
| Season ending earliest in the year | 2 September | 1956 (Italy) | |
| Season ending latest in the year | 29 December | 1962 (South Africa) | |
| Coldest race (Air temperature) | 5 °C | 1978 Canadian Grand Prix
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| Hottest race (Air temperature) | 42.5 °C |  2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
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| Highest Grand Prix Attendance (race weekend) | 351,000 | 2019 British Grand Prix
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| Highest Grand Prix Attendance (race) | 141,000 | 2019 British Grand Prix
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See also
- Formula One
- Formula One regulations
- FIA
- List of Formula One fatal accidents
- List of Formula One circuits
- List of Formula One records
Notes
- ^ 20 cars started the warmup lap before the start, but 14 cars pulled to pit lane during the start and did not participate in the race as part of a Michelin withdrawal.
- ^ All cars finished the race apart from Felipe Nasr, who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
- ^ All cars finished the race apart from Brendon Hartley, who was still classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
- ^ Since 1982, all race timings have been done to the nearest 0.001 seconds, but previously many races, including the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, were not. As a result it is impossible to know whether the finish was closer than that of the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
- ^ 22 races for the 2020 championship were originally planned before several race cancellations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Finished - The less". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Finished - The most". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Formula 1 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Gap - The less". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Gap - The most". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Average - The less". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Average - The most". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ http://www.fia.com/file/49841/download?token=pw7Swwc6
- ^ "372.54 km/h by Valtteri Bottas in Mexico GP, new F1 speed record according to official statistics (with image, tweet) · sikaheimo". storify.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Time - The less". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Time - The most". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Grands Prix - Kms - The most". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Jenson Button's F1 Mexican GP grid penalty increased to 70 places". Autosport. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Podiums average age". Stats F1. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Top 5 – hottest races on record". Formula1.com. August 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Grand Prix attendance surpasses 4 million in 2019". Formula1.com. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.