Last weekend, the F1 Mexican Grand Prix came to an end at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit. This is another weekend for the Verstappen and Red Bull Racing . What interesting data are born in the game?
• Verstappen won the 14th victory of the season, becoming the driver with the most winning points in F1 history in a single season, breaking the previous record held by Vettel and Schumacher.
• In addition, Verstappen scored his 416th point in the season, breaking the F1 historical record of 413 points in a single season set by Hamilton 2019 season.
• This is the fourth time Verstappen won the championship in Mexico in his career: 2017, 2018, 2021 & 2022. Mexico? Maxico! This is also the first time he has won the same track in four different seasons.
• Red Bull completed nine consecutive championships in the season, tying the team's history record. It is still 2 games away from the 11 consecutive wins and F1 record set by McLaren 1988 season.
• At the same time, Red Bull also tied the record of 19 consecutive games in team history, which was set during the 2010-2011 season.
• Verstappen's champion also broke the "pole curse" of the Rodriguez brothers track. Pole drivers have failed to get on the podium in the past four competitions.
• This is Hamilton's 8th podium this season, surpassing his single-season appearances in McLaren's last two seasons. But Hamilton has only two chances to win the championship.
• Of the 12 games since the Canadian Grand Prix, only Verstappen and Leclerc have scored more points than Hamilton.
• The first, second and third place in the Mexican Grand Prix this season is exactly the same as in the 2021 season, and Ferrari also won fifth and sixth again. It's really not a time travel.
• Sainz achieved his best record in Mexico. At the same time, after nearly a month, he finally completed at least two laps of miles in the game.
• Leclerc ushered in a 100-game milestone in his career, but the sixth result ended his career best record in five consecutive games.
• Despite being punished, Ricardo held the seventh position, which was the second time he had scored points in the past eight games. At the same time, teammate Norris also created his best record in Mexico.
• Okang (P8) has received points in Mexico for the first time since the 2017 season.
• Botas harvested his first points after the summer break, ending the "scoring waste" of more than four months. He has not won any points in ten consecutive games, which is the longest existing drivers.