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FORMULA 1 AND MOTORSPORT NETWORK UNVEIL FAN RESULTS OF LARGEST SINGLE SPORTS SURVEY&nbsp; EVER CONDUCTED BY NIELSEN SPORTS&nbsp;
&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;2021 F1 Global Fan Survey Includes Feedback from Record 167,000 fans
&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sport More Popular than ever with 90% of Respondents Believing F1 is &ldquo;Pinnacle of Motorsport&rdquo;
&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo Selected by fans as Favorite Drivers
&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes Highlighted as Top F1 Teams
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AUSTIN, Texas (October 21, 2021) &ndash; Formula 1 and Motorsport Network, today announced the results of the 2021 F1 Global Fan Survey. Launched in early September 2021, the F1 Global Fan Survey was commissioned by Motorsport Network in partnership with Formula 1 and Nielsen Sports, the global information, data, and measurement experts. &nbsp;Conducted in 15 languages across the Motorsport.com platform, and receiving feedback from 167,000 fans in 187 countries, the 2021 survey is the largest single sports survey ever analyzed by Nielsen Sports.&nbsp;
The 2021 F1 Global Fan Survey results revealed that Formula 1 is considered the pinnacle of motorsport in the eyes of fans globally. &nbsp;Formula 1 is also seeing greater interest and engagement from a more enthusiastic, diverse, and evolving fanbase since the last survey in 2017. Overall, the survey recorded the youngest and most diverse sample size to date with an average age of 32 (down 4 years from 2017), female participation in the survey nearly doubled to 18.3% (up from 10% in 2017), and student age responses increased to 26%, up from 18% in 2017.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We are hugely grateful for all the fans that have given their time to share their views in this huge survey. Their views are very valuable to us, and we are extremely pleased with what we have seen in the results. I also want to thank Motorsport Network and Nielsen Sports for the incredible job they have done,&rdquo; said Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1. &ldquo;We are privileged as a sport to be truly international, racing in continents and countries around the world with a global fan base. We reach every corner of the globe through our events, tv broadcast and social media and media content. This is a blessing &ndash; to have such a platform &ndash; but it is also a responsibility. We must protect what we have, grow it, reach more fans, and ensure those blessings remain and get stronger. The results of the survey show we are doing the right things and we will continue to be focused on creating excitement and entertainment on and off the track which is what all our fans want. &nbsp;We are hugely excited about our future, and we know our fans are too.&rdquo; Findings from the Motorsport Network F1 Global Fan Survey indicate fans are very enthusiastic with the direction the sport is taking. &nbsp;Based on survey respondents, F1 strengthened its position as the global leader of motorsports, with a remarkable 90% of fans surveyed believing that Formula 1 is &lsquo;the pinnacle of motorsport.&rsquo; &nbsp;In 2017, 25% of fans said the sport is in better health than 5 years ago &ndash; and that number has grown to 55%, and even higher amongst those under 35 years of age (59%).&nbsp;
&ldquo;What an exciting time to be a Formula 1 fan!&rdquo; said James Allen, President of Motorsport Network. &ldquo;This survey is always a huge undertaking, made possible by the collaboration between Motorsport Network, Stefano, Ellie Norman and the team at F1, as well as our colleagues at Nielsen. And of course the fans in 187 countries who completed the survey, whose results show that F1 is in excellent health, certainly the best I have known it in my 30-year career in the sport. F1 struggled in the past to attract younger fans and particularly the female fan base and this survey speaks volumes about how the new management&rsquo;s digital first approach and the funnel effect of projects like Netflix &ldquo;Drive to Survive&rdquo; are engaging a new generation of passionate F1 fans. Thanks to the internet and social media anyone anywhere today can become a fan. At Motorsport Network we identified this some time ago, which is why we have created our global motorsport communities all over the world; and they have spoken.&rdquo; Among fans surveyed, F1&rsquo;s number 1 brand attribute is &ldquo;exciting&rdquo; &ndash; with other top brand attributes including &ldquo;technological,&rdquo; &ldquo;expensive,&rdquo; &ldquo;competitive,&rdquo; and &ldquo;entertaining.&rdquo; &nbsp;This is the first time &ldquo;competitive&rdquo; and &ldquo;entertaining&rdquo; have appeared in the top five, and over two-thirds of fans surveyed believe that F1 exceeds their expectations in terms of &ldquo;pioneering technology.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;Nielsen Sports is pleased to once again have collaborated with Motorsport Network and Formula 1&rsquo;s massive fan base around the world to deliver them a platform in which their voices can be heard. This was the largest single sports survey that we ever conducted, and the data has clearly demonstrated the incredible growth and overall health of both F1 and motorsports,&rdquo; said Nigel Geach, Senior Vice President, Global Motorsport, Nielsen Sports.
The survey findings were revealed at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin today and included the size and demographics of the sport&rsquo;s audience, fan disposition and attitudes towards the sport, their affinity for races, teams, drivers, and their consumption of racing as remote and live audiences.
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Key findings from the 2021 F1 Global Fan Survey include:
Top Teams, Drivers and Races &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;91% of F1 fans express a favorite team, 94% a favorite driver. &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;McLaren has experienced a renaissance and is now the No. 1 most popular team, followed by Red Bull, Ferrari, and Mercedes. <img src="https://production-cms-mss.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/F1_Survey_Results_Image_3_MS_567d5fec80.jpg" alt="" width="1025" height="683" />
&bull;&nbsp; &nbsp; Max Verstappen is the No. 1 driver, particularly amongst fans ages 25-34. &nbsp;Lando Norris is No. 2 and the highest-ranked driver amongst the female demographic. &nbsp;Lewis Hamilton is No. 3 and the highest-ranked in the United Kingdom and amongst fans 35+ years old. &nbsp;Daniel Riccardo is No. 4 and the highest-ranked in Australia, and No. 2 amongst female fans.
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&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;The fans&rsquo; favorite races are Monza, Spa, Silverstone, and Monaco.
Media, TV, and Gaming &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Penetration of pay TV is high, with half of the fans now watching races on pay TV.&nbsp;&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;68% of fans say that in the future they want to watch the live races on TV, while 13.8% say they want to watch online. &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;More than half of all fans (51%) are playing motorsports-specific video games, with 64% of those aged 16-34 as active motorsport gamers. o &nbsp; &nbsp;Within the 16-24 demographic, 80% have played the F1 game in the past year and 34% have watched F1-specific esports broadcasts.&nbsp;
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Additional Findings&nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;New, younger audiences show growth: U.S. (50%), India (55%), China (58%), Mexico (45%); they also indicated that they have been following the sport less than five years. &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;55% of fans believe F1 should be a world leader in the development of 100% sustainable fuels. &nbsp;67% of fans are aware of F1&rsquo;s plan to introduce 100% sustainable fuels by 2025.&nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;58% of fans say the sport has the right balance of sport and entertainment (up from 39% vs. the 2017 survey results. This is especially felt by new entrants to the sport &ndash; 81% of those who started following F1 in the last 12 months. &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Twitter is the most used platform in social media use during race weekends. Instagram is the fastest growing.&nbsp;
For the complete survey, you can download the PDF <a href="https://f1-global-fan-survey.motorsport.com">https://f1-global-fan-survey.motorsport.com.</a>

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<h3><a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/mario-andretti/summary/series/formula-one">Mario Andretti</a> &ndash; South Africa 1971</h3>
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 Mario Andretti (Ferrari 312B) 1st position for his maiden Grand Prix win, followed by Pedro Rodriguez (BRM P160) and Jo Siffert (BRM P153). - Motorsport Images/LAT
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Mario Andretti enjoyed a rather sporadic Formula One career in the late 60s and early 70s. Instead Andretti chose to focus on racing in America, predominately IndyCar. However a chat with Colin Chapman during Andretti&rsquo;s first Indy 500 in 1965 handed the Italian born American a shot in Europe. He put his Lotus on pole for his F1 debut in 1968.
By 1971 Andretti had done enough to bring himself to the attention of Enzo Ferrari; the Italian surname no doubt helping him to ensure he made his first Ferrari appearance in South Africa. Qualifying a respectable fourth, Andretti stayed out on trouble on race day as others failed around him to take a glorious maiden win.
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<h3><a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/fernando-alonso/summary/series/formula-one">Fernando Alonso</a> &ndash; Bahrain 2010</h3>
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In 2006 Fernando Alonso said he would never drive for Ferrari. Four years later he was making his debut for the Maranello squad. The off-season had led everyone to believe Red Bull were hot favourites to grab victory in Bahrain&rsquo;s season opener; a pole position for Sebastian Vettel did little to change that opinion.
Alonso started from third on the grid, just behind new team-mate Felipe Massa. Alonso got the jump on Massa off the start-line and both Ferrari&rsquo;s settled down behind the Red Bull of Vettel. A faulty spark plug in Vettel&rsquo;s Red Bull saw him slow dramatically late in the race and allowed Alonso to jump into the lead. From there Alonso was unchallenged by Massa as they locked down a brilliant one-two for Ferrari.
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<h3><a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/alain-prost/summary/series/formula-one">Alain Prost</a> &ndash; South Africa 1993</h3>
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Ayrton Senna, 2nd position, congratulates Alain Prost, 1st position, on the podium. - Motorsport Images/<a href="https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?photographer_id=2836" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rainer Schlegelmilch</a>
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After a year out in 1992, Alain Prost returned to the Formula One fold with Williams in search of title number four. The team tried to get Ayrton Senna to drive alongside Prost fro 1993 but the Frenchman stubbornly vetoed the deal. Seeing Senna qualify just under a tenth away from him for the South African season opener perhaps justified Prost&rsquo;s choice.
A very poor start left Prost behind team-mate Damon Hill, Senna&rsquo;s McLaren and young German Michael Schumacher. A spin from Hill, directly in the path of Prost no less, and a quick attack on the Benetton of Schumacher left &lsquo;The Professor&rsquo; a showdown with Senna. On lap twenty five Prost finally made his move on a powerless Senna and proceeded to blast off into the distance. By the checkered flag he was well over a minute ahead of a flabbergasted Senna.
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<h3><a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/jody-scheckter/summary/series/formula-one">Jody Scheckter</a> &ndash; Argentina 1977</h3>
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Winner Jody Scheckter (RSA) Wolf WR1, debut win for the Wolf in the Argentine Grand Prix, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9 January 1977. - Motorsport Images/<a href="https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?photographer_id=2477" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Phipps</a>
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Winning your first race for a new team is one thing, but to win your first race for a new team who have never even raced in F1 before is quite another. Yet that is exactly what Jody Scheckter did for Walter Wolf in Argentina at the start of 1977.
Scheckter qualified a rather disappointing eleventh and didn&rsquo;t really look like being a threat during the race. However a steady drive and woeful reliability up and down the field allowed him to rise up the order as the race progressed. Race leader Carlos Pace began to slow near the end of the race due to sheer exhaustion; Scheckter pounced and took a spectacular win.
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Mario Andretti

Jody Scheckter

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Take a look at the drivers who had a magical winning debut for their new teams.

Plenty happened in the world of motorsport over the weekend, read on as we take you through the best stats to emerge from various different series.
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MotoGP
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<a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/fabio-quartararo/summary/series/motogp">Fabio Quartararo</a> extended his run of front-row starts to 13 races. This is Quartararo&rsquo; best ever run of front-row starts, however he will need to extend his current run to a whopping 29 races to match the current record holders &ndash; Wayne Rainey and Mick Doohan (x2). Francesco Bagania scored his 3rd pole position in-a-row. He is the 52nd different rider in MotoGP history to achieve this feat. Finally, <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/marc-marquez/summary/series/motogp">Marc Marquez</a> scored a seventh win in eight attempts at <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/venue/circuit-of-the-americas/results/series/all">COTA</a>. Marquez is the third rider in MotoGP history to win at the same track seven or more times having previously won at the Sachsenring eight times &ndash;&nbsp; eight-time champion Giacomo Agostini holds the record for most wins at the same track, with ten at Imatra.
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Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team - Motorsport Images/Gold and Goose
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WRC
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Toyota&rsquo;s Elfyn Evans became the second Brit to win <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/results/world-rally-championship/2021/wrc-arctic-rally-finland-powered-by-capitalbox/info">Rally Finland</a> and the first since Kris Meeke in won for Citroen in 2016. Evans is now 24 points behind <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/series/world-rally-championship/standings/2021">championship leader</a> Sebastien Ogier. This was also Hyundai&rsquo;s first podium places at Rally Finland thanks to Ott Tanak and Craig Breen.
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Elfyn Evans (GB), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota Yaris WRC 2021 - Motorsport Images/McKlein
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DTM
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Liam Lawson leads the <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/series/deutsche-tourenwagen-masters/standings/2021">championship</a> by 14 points from Kelvin van der Linde. Lawson finished race one at Hockenheim at the weekend in fourth and race two in second. Van der Linde managed to win race one, but finished a lowly tenth in race two. Given he has a moderately comfortable lead with one round remaining, it seems remarkable that Lawson has only led 47 laps this year compared to Van der Linde&rsquo;s 122. However, Lawson has nine podium finishes compared with Van der Linde&rsquo;s five.&nbsp;
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Race winner Liam Lawson, AF Corse. - Motorsport Images/<a href="https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?photographer_id=1761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexander Trienitz</a>
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WSBK&nbsp;
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 In a peculiar coincidence, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Jonathan Rea both have 11 wins, 25 podium finishes and 3 DNFs each so far in <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/series/superbike-world-championship/summary/2021">2021</a>. Razgatlıoğlu leads the championship from Rea by 24 points by dint of not yet finishing outside the top 6. Something Rea has failed to do - a 20th place finish in R3 at Donington Park proving costly.
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Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK, Toprak Razgatlioglu, PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Team. - Motorsport Images/Gold and Goose
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NASCAR&nbsp;
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 It was double bubble for new winners at Talladega on Saturday as Tate Fogleman sealed a maiden win in the <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/series/nascar-truck-series/standings/2021">Truck Series</a> in the #12 Young&rsquo;s Motorsports Chevrolet. Fogleman is the eleventh different winner in the Truck Series in 2021 and fifth first-time winner of the year so far. In the <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/series/nascar-xfinity-series/standings/2021">Xfinity Series</a>, Brandon Brown took his maiden win driving the #68 Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet. Brown is also the fifth first-time winner of the year in the Xfinity Series. This means in both series, there has been a 17.85% chance of a first-time winner in each race of the 28 to have taken place so far.
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#12: Tate Fogleman, Young's Motorsports, Chevrolet Silverado Traeger Grills - Motorsport Images/<a href="https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?photographer_id=1841" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John K Harrelson / NKP</a>
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Indy Lights
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IndyCar&rsquo;s junior series came to an end a week after the main series. Kyle Kirkwood was crowned champion after winning a total of 10 races in 2021. Kirkwood won 4 of the last 5 races of the season and finished 13 points ahead of David Malukas in the championship.
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BSBK&nbsp;
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 With only one round &ndash; or 3 races - left to go in the season the championship top two are separated by just 10 points. Scotland&rsquo;s Tarran Mackenzie leads from Jason O&rsquo;Halloran. However, any of the top 6 could still win the title, 6th placed rider Peter Hickman is 68 points behind leader Mackenzie with 75 still on offer.
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Fabio Quartararo

Marc Márquez

Elfyn Evans

Sébastien Ogier

Toyota Gazoo Racing

Liam Lawson

Kelvin van der Linde

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We bring you a round-up of the best stats from this weekend's racing.

With victory in the Russian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton scored his 100th win. Many of those wins have come with impressive winning margins. Read on as we take you through his five largest margins of victory.
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2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his team in parc ferme at the Portuguese Grand Prix - Motorsport Images
Hamilton started in P2 behind Valtteri Bottas, then dropped to P3 behind title rival Max Verstappen after a lap seven Safety Car restart. The 7-time champion fought back brilliantly to overtake Verstappen on lap 11 then hunted down Bottas.
Hamilton made the move on his Mercedes team-mate on lap 20 to take the lead. Hamilton&rsquo;s pace was relentless and neither Verstappen nor Bottas had an answer to the Brit as he crossed the line nearly half a minute (+29.148s) ahead of Verstappen &ndash; the Red Bull driver had stopped late in the race for fresh tyres in order to fight for the extra fastest lap point.
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2014 British Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 British Grand Prix - Motorsport Images
Hamilton started his home race from a disappointing sixth place following qualifying troubles and expected a fight to grab his second Silverstone win. As it transpired he needn&rsquo;t have worried given the sheer speed of his W05, blasted through those ahead of him to sit second behind team-mate Nico Rosberg after just a few race laps.
In the end reliability robbed the crowd the chance to witness Hamilton battle Rosberg after the German&rsquo;s gearbox gave up on lap 28. Hamilton was on the quicker hard tyres at the time of Rosberg&rsquo;s failure and catching him at around 1s per lap.
Eventually Hamilton crossed the line 30.135s ahead of the Williams driven by Valtteri Bottas. A new era of British Grand Prix domination from Hamilton had begun.
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2020 Turkish Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton celebrates his 7th world championship title with podium finishers Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez - Motorsport Images/Sutton
This was one&nbsp;of Hamilton&rsquo;s finest wins and the one which brought him a record-equaling seventh world championship title.
Starting down in sixth place following a mixed-up and wet qualifying session, Hamilton had a lot of work to do before he could take his 10th win of 2021. A brilliant opening lap saw him rise to third, however he soon dropped back down to sixth after making an uncharacteristic error at T9.
Hamilton and Mercedes then played a strategic masterclass after choosing to change intermediate tyres just once, with Hamilton driving sublimely to pull away from the Racing Point of Sergio Perez at a rate of knots. Eventually Hamilton crossed the line over half a minute (+31.633s) ahead of the Mexican. Bottas could only finish P14 after spinning six times across the 58 laps.
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2021 Russian Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton stands in front of a screen showing his 100 race wins achievement - Motorsport Images
Hamilton started the Russian Grand Prix from P4 after crashing twice in qualifying, once on his final flying lap. Title rival Verstappen would start from the back of the grid following engine penalties, so Hamilton was looking to gain as many pints as possible.
A rough start saw him slip down the order briefly. Hamilton then methodically made his way back up the order and was in second place behind Leader Lando Norris in the closing phase of the race. Then the rain came.
Mercedes made the call for Hamilton to pit for intermediate tyres, McLaren and Norris did not. As a result Hamilton romped to victory a huge 53.271s ahead of a resurgent Verstappen, who had also made the right call for tyres. It was only the third time in Hamilton&rsquo;s career that he had won a race from fourth place om the grid.
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2008 British Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton crosses the line to take his first British Grand Prix victory in spectacular style in 2008 - Motorsport Images
It was a performance of a generation. Like Russia 2021, Hamilton started the 2008 British Grand Prix from fourth place. Just like Russia 2021, in front of him was a front row comprised of drivers who had never won a race before. Just like Russia 2021, it rained.
Hamilton dispatched of Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber on the opening lap and quickly set his sights on snatching the lead from McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen. It was mission accomplished by the end of lap five, after which nobody saw Hamilton again for the rest of the afternoon.
McLaren called the strategy right and put Hamilton on fresh intermediate tyres when he stopped for the first time on lap 21. Ferrari chose to keep Raikkonen on his used set and as the rain came down harder, he had no answer to the thunderous pace of Hamilton.
The young Brit was pulling away from the field at a truly outstanding six seconds a lap. By the time he crossed the line to win in front of a delighted home crowd, he was 68.577s ahead of Nick Heidfeld. It was his greatest victory.

Lewis Hamilton

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2021 Russian Grand Prix

2020 Turkish Grand Prix

2021 Portuguese Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton has won 100 F1 races, but which ones has he dominated the most?

Races started to win ratio (%):
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Adrian Fernandez won a total of 18.8% of all races he started in IndyCar across the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Fernandez had previously competed in the CART series from 1993 to 2003, winning seven races and finishing second in the 2000 championship. He then made the move to the Indy Racing League &ndash; now known as the IndyCar Series &ndash; starting 17 races in total, winning three of them.
Total career races started:
Scott Dixon is the only driver in IRL/IndyCar Series history to have started over 300 races. The Kiwi driver has started 311 races across 19 seasons, starting back in 2003. Dixon had moved to the IRL from CART after two years in the latter in 2001 and 2002. Remarkably six-time champion Dixon has started all 311 of his IRL/IndyCar Series races for the same team, Chip Ganassi Racing.
Poles won to starts ratio (%):
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Will Power has taken pole 57 times in 220 IndyCar Series starts, this is a hugely impressive 25.9% of the time. Power started his US career back in 2005 driving for Walker Racing in the CART series. In 2008 he made the move to IndyCar when both series merged, before signing for Team Penske in 2009. Power had to wait until round 13 of the 2021 season to take his first pole of the year, the longest wait he has had for a pole in a season.
Most starts without a win:
From the current grid, the driver with the most starts without winning is former Formula One star Max Chilton. The Brit joined IndyCar in 2016 after being left without a seat across the pond. Despite never winning, Chilton has led a total of 83 laps in his 82 race starts so far. Chilton isn&rsquo;t the driver with the most starts without a win overall however, that record belongs to Vitor Meria who started 112 races between 2002 and 2011 without winning any of them.
Most race miles completed:
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Scott Dixon has completed a total of 74,051.7 miles during races in his IndyCar Series career so far. This is enough miles for him to go round the globe in his Dallara DW12 a total of 2.97 times. It would take the average US resident just under 5.5 years to complete the same amount of milage in their own car &ndash; the average US car user completes around 13,476 miles per year.
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Scott Dixon

Will Power

Max Chilton

Vitor Meira

Chip Ganassi Racing

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San Marino brought double joy for Ducati rider <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/francesco-bagnaia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Francesco Bagnaia</a> as he scored his second win in as many weeks. He becomes the third rider in 2021 to win two races on the bounce &ndash; team-mate Jack Miller and Yamaha&rsquo;s <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/fabio-quartararo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fabio Quartararo</a> being the other two.
It was an Italian clean sweep in the race with Bagnaia taking both the pole and the win, Enea Bastianini scoring fastest lap and of course Ducati taking manufacturer honours. It&rsquo;s the first time Italy has taken a clean sweep of pole, win, fastest lap across both rider and manufacturer categories since the <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/results/2016-malaysian-grand-prix/classification" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016 Malaysian Grand Prix</a> &ndash; Andrea Dovizioso took pole, win and fastest lap for Ducati.
By pure coincidence, Dovizioso made his first appearance of the 2021 season in San Marino as the fourth different replacement rider for Franco Morbidelli.
Championship leader Quartararo scored his ninth podium of 2021, losing five points to Bagnaia in the title race but remaining a comfortable 48 points ahead with five rounds remaining. Quartararo remains the only rider to win more than three races in 2021 &ndash; the Frenchman currently with five. Quartararo is also the only rider to have scored points in every round of the 14 rounds so far.
In the rookie standings <a href="https://motorsportstats.com/driver/jorge-martin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Martin</a> remains the leading rider with 71 points, however his nearest rival Bastianini scored his maiden podium to cut the gap to just ten points. Bastianini became the 14th different rider to score a podium in 2021. Which means this season is now just one rider away from matching the 15 of 2020 - the highest amount of riders to score a podium in one season since 1977.
For Ducati the race was the 150th in which it had appeared on the podium and the make&rsquo;s 177th podium finish. It was also the ninth time the make has taken back-to-back wins in the premier class of MotoGP.
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Francesco Bagnaia

Yamaha Motor Racing

2021 Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini

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Scott Dixon now has 123 total career IndyCar Series podiums, the most of any driver in the series. This is an incredible 39 more than the next nearest driver &ndash; Helio Castroneves with 84. Dixon has been in the series since 2003 and been with Chip Ganassi for every single one of those 19 seasons. The six-time champion also has more wins than any other driver, scoring 50 and only having one winless season in 2004. Dixon has won 16.13% of his record total of 310 starts.
A total of 100 different drivers have taken at least one podium in the IndyCar Series since 1996. The most recent addition to the list was Penske&rsquo;s Scott McLaughlin who finished second in the 2021 Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. An impressive 31 of the 43 different drivers who have competed in the 2021 season have stood on the podium at some stage in their career, 15 of them in 2021 alone. Current championship leader Alex Palou leads the way, with seven total podiums in 2021.
The longest winning streak ever recorded in the IndyCar Series is a streak of three. This has been done on nine different occasions, by six different drivers. Dixon has achieved this feat on three occasions while Will Power is the only other driver to have achieved a &lsquo;three-peat&rsquo; more than once.
Despite Power having more poles than any other driver in series history, 57, he doesn&rsquo;t have the record for most poles in-a-row. That record instead falls to Billy Boat who scored 5-in-a-row during the 1998 season. Boat only won one race that year and finished a distant 13th in the championship despite his record breaking run.
Dixon is only two points away from reaching the 10,000 career points mark. He would be the first driver to achieve this number, Helio Castroneves is his nearest challenger on a current total of 8128 points. Only five other drivers have surpassed 5000 career points so far &ndash; Tony Kanaan (7701), Will Power (6762), Ryan Hunter-Reay (5870), Marco Andretti (5405) and Graham Rahal (5198).
The youngest ever winner in IndyCar Series history remains Colton Herta. The son of Bryan, Herta won the 2019 visit to COTA at the age of 18y, 11m and 22d. Only three teenagers have ever won an IndyCar race, including Herta. The other two are Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti, both whom were the age of 19 when they won for the first time. Coincidentally all three drivers happen to be the sons of former IndyCar race winners.
*all stats taken from 1996-2021

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Hélio Castroneves

Billy Boat

Colton Herta

Andretti Autosport

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Read on as we take you through some of the most intriguing stats from the IndyCar Series (1996-2021).

A total of 80 different rally drivers have won a round of the <a href="https://results.motorsportstats.com/series/world-rally-championship">World Rally Championship</a> from 17 different nationalities. France is the most successful nation with 199 total wins, followed by Finland on 181. This means that between them, France and Finland have won 62.09% of all WRC rallies. &nbsp;Rather remarkably, drivers called <a href="https://results.motorsportstats.com/series/world-rally-championship/records/drivers/wins">Sebastien</a> have won 132 of those 612 rallies. That&rsquo;s 21.56% of ALL rallies have been won by a driver with the same forename.
The numbers for co-drivers is slightly different, Finland coming out on top with 139 wins and France close behind with 118. A total of 21 different nationalities have won rallies in the co-driver seat. The United States, New Zealand, Ivory Coast and South Africa being the extra additions.
Twenty-two different manufacturers have won at least once in the WRC. So far only Citroen have broken the 100 wins barrier &ndash; 102 wins with five different models. From the WRC&rsquo;s current crop of manufacturers, it&rsquo;s Ford who lead the way with 91 wins. Toyota have 67 and Hyundai have won 19 times. The most successful car in the history of the WRC is the Volkswagen Polo R WRC. It won 43 rallies between 2012 and 2017. Three of the top five most successful cars are from Citroen &ndash; the C4 WRC (36), the Xsara WRC (32) and the DS3 WRC (26). The Peugeot 206 WRC rounds out the top five with 24 total wins.
French drivers called Sebastien have won 16 of the last 17 WRC titles. That&rsquo;s a crazy 94.11%. Only Ott Tanak from Estonia has broken the run since 2004, he won the championship in 2019. Only 9 different nationalities have won the WRC title. France has the most for obvious reasons (16), followed by the Finns with 13. Countries with only one champion include Spain (Carlos Sainz x2), Estonia (Ott Tanak), Italy (Miki Biasion x2) and Norway (Petter Solberg).
The record for the youngest ever winner of a WRC round was broken in 2021 by Kalle Rovanpera when he won Rally Estonia at the age of 20 years, 9 months and 17 days. Previously the record had been held by Jari-Matti Latvala since 2008.
On the other hand the oldest winner of a WRC round has remained Bjorn Waldegard since 1990. Waldegard won that year&rsquo;s Safari Rally at the age of 46 years, 5 months and 4 days. This still pales in comparison to the oldest co-driver to have won a WRC rally. This record belongs to John Kennard of New Zealand, who won the 2016 Rally Argentina at the age of 57 years, 2 months and 13 days. Kennard was a full 28 years older than his driver, Hayden Paddon.

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Often in racing there are few things more thrilling than a close finish and not knowing who will win a race until the very last second. Here are some of the closest finishes from various disciplines across motorsport history.
IndyCar &ndash; 0.024s
It was a battle of the American &lsquo;Jrs&rsquo; at Chicagoland in 2002 which produced the IndyCar Series closest ever finish.
Sam Hornish Jr of Penske was defending from IndyCar legend Al Unser Jr in the closing laps of the Delphi Indy 300 by the narrowest of margins. The pair were side-by-side, Hornish having a tiny power advantage on the straighaways which allowed him to cross the line just 0.024s ahead of Unser Jr. Even today the finish gives viewers goosebumps. Hornish Jr went on to win the IndyCar Series title the same year.
Indianapolis 500 &ndash; 0.043s
Often hailed as &lsquo;the greatest spectacle in racing&rsquo;, it would be foolish not to give the Indy 500 its own entry.
Once again Al Unser Jr was involved, only this time his rival was Scott Goodyear and Unser Jr came out the winner. Prior to this duos battle, it had been Michael Andretti who had dominated the race and was a lap ahead of the whole field with just 11 laps to go.
Cruelly a fuel pump failure robber Andretti the chance to emulate his Father Mario and win America&rsquo;s most famous motor race. What had been a scrap for second, suddenly became a scrap to &nbsp;win the Borg Warner trophy.
Goodyear tried to haul Unser Jr in and went for the overtake on the final lap. He would miss out on victory by just 0.043s. Unser Jr went on to add another Indy 500 win to his tally in 1994 while Goodyear, well, let&rsquo;s not mention 1995 and THAT pace car incident.
Indy Lights &ndash; 0.0005s
The main IndyCar Series may have had its fair share of close finishes, however it is the feeder Indy Lights series which has the Guinness World Record for closest margin of victory in motorsport.
Sam Schmidt Motorsport pair Alex Lloyd and Logan Gomez were locked in combat in the 2007 Chicagoland Indy Pro, Gomez holding a small advantage going into the final lap. Lloyd then made his move around the outside, briefly banging wheels with Gomez. Perhaps this touch broke some of Lloyd&rsquo;s momentum, for Gomez hung on to claim victory by 0.0005s. It was Gomez&rsquo;s first win in Indy Lights.
NASCAR Cup Series &ndash; 0.002s
A photo finish in the NASCAR Cup Series isn&rsquo;t exactly a rarity. Frequently fans are treated to a grandstand finish following a late yellow or a bump-draft spectacular. Therefore it seems appropriate that it&rsquo;s not one, but two races which share the record for closest ever winning margin in the series history.
Ricky Craven would hunt down leader Kurt Busch in final laps of a race in 2003. Craven had started down in 31st and with both drivers giving it their all, the pair ultimately crossed the line as one and it was impossible to tell with the naked eye who had the advantage. The timing screens would eventually announce Craven the winner by the smallest of margins.
It was another photo-finish at Talladega in 2011, with a battle of four two-car drafts commencing the final lap with Jeff Gordon in the lead.
Going into Turn 3 Jimmie Johnson attempted to make a move up the inside but initially could not make it through. Gordon then attempted to side-draft Clint Bowyer, leaving the opportunity there for team-mate and prot&eacute;g&eacute; Johnson to get past for the win.

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Laura Leslie investigates the closest finishes in Motorsport history.

Often in racing there are few things more thrilling than a close finish and not knowing who will win a race until the very last second. Here are some of the closest finishes from various disciplines across motorsport history.
F1 &ndash; 0.01s
Even today, the 1971 Italian Grand Prix remains unmatched for its close finish. It was before Monza had chicanes and it came in an era where slipstreaming was the word of the day.
With 10 laps to go Chris Amon was set for the win, Amon had made his way to the front of the field after cars ahead of him dropped out with mechanical failures and driver errors. The ever unlucky Amon too succumbed to a mechanical problem which left Swedish driver Ronnie Peterson in the lead.
Peterson was battling with Francois Cevert, Peter Gethin, Mike Hailwood and Howden Ganley in a slipstreaming masterclass. None of the drivers involved had ever won a grand prix before, so the determination was high and they all pushed their cars to the absolute limit.
On the final lap the quintet entered a straight drag race coming out of the famous Parabolica. They eventually crossed the line within 0.061s of one another, Gethin&rsquo;s BRM coming out on top by just 0.01s from the March of Peterson with an average race speed of 242.615km/h. The race held this average speed record for a whopping 32 years until it was beaten by the 2003 Italian Grand Prix &ndash; won by the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher.
MotoGP &ndash; 0.0s
Thanks to timekeeping only being able to classify riders to within a tenth of a second, the 1975 500cc Dutch TT at Assen remains the only premier class bike race to have finished in a dead heat for first place.
Then 7-time champion Giacomo Agostini finished alongside Barry Sheene who was riding his Suzuki to his first ever 500cc class victor. Agostini would go on to take his 8th and final 500cc world title that same year.
WRC &ndash; 0.2s
It seems absolutely remarkable that a rally could have a winning margin as narrow as 0.2s given the amount of miles covered over the course of a number of days. That&rsquo;s exactly what happened in the 2011 Jordan Rally though.
Initially the rally was due to be held across three days, however cargo docking issues in Syria left the teams running late and so the schedule was condensed down to just two days.
Over the course of day two, Sebastien Ogier had his 18.9 lead whittled down by Jari-Matti Latvala in a thrilling crescendo. Latvala eventually stole the lead by 0.5s as the pair prepared for the powerstage finale. However Ogier fought back to beat Latava by 0,7s on the powerstage and win the entire rally by 0.2s. It was a Hollywood ending for a rally which had begun in utter turmoil.

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