Sebastian Vettel took his 7th Grand Prix win of his career in the European Grand Prix today. Here are more stats and facts from today’s race:
- His 7th Grand Prix win puts Vettel in joint 34th place overall, alongside Juan Pablo Montoya and Rene Arnoux, and ahead of drivers like Ralf Schumacher and Gilles Villeneuve.
- This was Red Bull’s 10th constructor’s win, putting them level with Alfa Romeo, and ahead of Mercedes, although they have only been competing in F1 for 3 years total.
- Also, it was Vettel’s 10th pole position, ahead of John Surtees and Ricardo Patrese.
- Vettel became only the third driver to win from pole this year, alongside Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton.
- Amazingly, this is only Jenson Button’s 3rd fastest lap of his career. The other two were in Malaysia and Turkey 2009. This puts him only 1 behind Sebastian Vettel.
- This is the 13th race that Red Bull have had a car on the front row after qualifying.
- I found this one out today – Jenson Button hasn’t started on the front row since Turkey 2009.
- If you believe in it, this would be Lotus’ 500th race, although you could argue it was only their 9th.
- With their 1993-2005, 2006-2009 seasons included, Kamui Kobayashi got Sauber above the 500 points mark today. They now have 501.
- This is the first time that the safety car has been deployed in Valencia.
- Michael Schumacher’s finish of 15th is the worst of his entire career. Amazingly though, it is only the 9th time in his entire career that he has been classified in a race outside the points.
- After Mark Webber’s retirement, now no driver has scored points in every race this year.
- Robert Kubica is now the only driver in the field to have completed every single lap this year.
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