European Grand Prix stats and facts

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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