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Every Monaco Grand Prix winner since 2000, measured: 26 races, and nobody has won from further back than third
Twenty-six Monaco Grands Prix have been held since 2000, and no winner started lower than third. Pole won sixteen. Charles Leclerc became the first Monegasque winner since 1931, and Kimi Antonelli won from pole in 2026. Every winner, grid slot, safety car and red flag, measured.
Every Qatar Grand Prix winner, measured: four races at Lusail, three for Verstappen, and the tyre limits no other circuit has needed
Four Qatar Grands Prix have been held at Lusail since 2021. Max Verstappen won the last three, Lewis Hamilton the first. It is the only circuit where the FIA has capped tyre life, twice, and the 2025 race was decided by a safety car McLaren chose not to use. Every race, measured.
Every Las Vegas Grand Prix winner, measured: from a casino car park to the Strip, and three world titles decided
Formula 1 has raced in Las Vegas five times: twice in a Caesars Palace car park in 1981 and 1982, and three times on the Strip since 2023. Three world titles were settled there. Every winner, grid slot, safety car and disqualification, measured.
Every Malaysian Grand Prix winner, measured: 19 races at Sepang, and the three 2026 drivers who have won there
Formula 1 raced at Sepang nineteen times for the Malaysian Grand Prix, from 1999 to 2017, then returned on 4 October 2026 for the relocated Bahrain Grand Prix, which Max Verstappen won, as he had in 2017. Sebastian Vettel won four, pole won nine. Every winner, grid slot and story, measured.
Every Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner, measured: eleven poles in a row converted, and five titles decided
Seventeen Abu Dhabi Grands Prix have been held at Yas Marina since 2009. Pole has won the last eleven in a row. Five world titles were decided there, from Vettel's first in 2010 to Norris's by two points in 2025. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.
Every Sao Paulo and Brazilian Grand Prix winner since 2010, measured: pole usually wins at Interlagos, except when it really does not
Fifteen Formula 1 races have been held at Interlagos since 2010. Pole won nine of them. The other six include Max Verstappen's win from seventeenth in the rain in 2024 and Lewis Hamilton's from tenth in 2021. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.
Every Mexico City Grand Prix winner, measured: ten races since 2015, five for Verstappen
Ten Formula 1 races have been held in Mexico City since the Grand Prix returned in 2015. Max Verstappen won five, pole has won five, Lewis Hamilton clinched two titles here, and Sergio Perez's best at home is third. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.
Every United States Grand Prix winner at COTA, measured: 13 races in Austin, Hamilton five, Verstappen four
Thirteen United States Grands Prix have been held at the Circuit of the Americas since 2012. Lewis Hamilton won five, Max Verstappen four, and pole has won six. Unlike Baku or Singapore, safety cars are rare here. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.
Every Singapore Grand Prix winner, measured: 16 races at night, 11 won from pole
Sixteen Formula 1 races have been held in Singapore since 2008. Eleven were won from pole, Sebastian Vettel won five, and a safety car came out in every race until 2024. The last two have had none. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.
Every Azerbaijan Grand Prix winner, measured: ten races at Baku, four won from pole
Ten Formula 1 races have been held at the Baku City Circuit since 2016. Only four were won from pole, Charles Leclerc started first four years running without winning, and Daniel Ricciardo won from tenth. Every winner, grid slot, safety car and red flag, measured.
Retired F1 Numbers: There Is Only One
Formula 1 has retired exactly one number, and it is 17. The others people assume are gone, including 27 and 13, are all still available.
Do F1 Cars Have Traction Control? The Ban, the Return, the Ban
F1 banned traction control, then brought it back because it could not catch anyone cheating, then banned it again with a standard ECU. The reason why is the interesting part.