List of Formula One race records
This is a list of race records in the FIA World Championships, since 1950.
This page is accurate as of the 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Race records
Description | Record | Details |
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Most retirements (number) | 25 | 1951 Indianapolis 500 (out of 33 starters – 75.8%) |
Most retirements (percentage) | 85.7% | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (18 out of 21 starters) |
Fewest retirements | 0 | 1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters) 2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters) 2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters) 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) |
Fewest finishers (actual) | 3 | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (21 starters. Seven cars were classified, only three actually crossed the finish line) |
Fewest finishers (classified) | 4 | 1966 Monaco Grand Prix (16 starters) |
Most finishers | 24 | 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) |
Most pitstops | 88 | 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Fewest pitstops | 0 | 1961 Dutch Grand Prix |
Most overtakes for the lead | 40 | 1965 Italian Grand Prix |
Most overtakes in a dry race | 126 | 2011 Turkish Grand Prix |
Most overtakes in a wet race | 144 | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Fewest overtakes in a race | 0 | 2003 Monaco Grand Prix 2005 United States Grand Prix 2009 European Grand Prix |
Most starters | 34 | 1953 German Grand Prix |
Fewest starters | 6 | 2005 United States Grand Prix |
Smallest winning margin | 0.01 s (timed to 2 decimal places)[1] | 1971 Italian Grand Prix ( Peter Gethin from Ronnie Peterson) also closest 1st–3rd (0.09 s); 1st–4th (0.18 s); 1st–5th (0.61 s) |
0.011 sec (timed to 3 decimal places) | 2002 United States Grand Prix ( Rubens Barrichello from Michael Schumacher) | |
Largest winning margin (laps) | 2 laps | 1969 Spanish Grand Prix ( Jackie Stewart from Bruce McLaren) 1995 Australian Grand Prix ( Damon Hill from Olivier Panis) |
Largest winning margin (time) | 5 min 12.75 sec | 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix ( Stirling Moss from Mike Hawthorn) |
Lowest average race speed (winner) | 74.844 km/h (46.506 mph) | 2011 Canadian Grand Prix ( Jenson Button) (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain) |
Highest average race speed (winner) | 247.585 km/h (153.842 mph) | 2003 Italian Grand Prix ( Michael Schumacher) |
Highest average lap speed (in practices) | 262.242 km/h (162.950 mph) | 2004 Italian Grand Prix ( Juan Pablo Montoya[2]) |
Highest average lap speed (pole position) | 260.395 km/h (161.802 mph) | 2004 Italian Grand Prix ( Rubens Barrichello[2]) |
Highest top speed | 372.6 km/h (231.523 mph) | 2005 Italian Grand Prix ( Juan Pablo Montoya[3]) |
Shortest race | 14 laps, 24m 34.899s 59.92 km (37.233 mi) | 1991 Australian Grand Prix (Race abandoned on lap 16 due to heavy rain) |
Shortest race without a red flag | 1 h 14 min 19.838 s | 2003 Italian Grand Prix |
Longest race (duration) | 70 laps, 4 h 4 min 39.537 s | 2011 Canadian Grand Prix (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain) |
Longest race (distance) | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Indianapolis 500 |
Longest non-Indianapolis 500 race (distance) | 77 laps, 601.832 km (373.961 mi) | 1951 French Grand Prix |
Most times safety car deployed in single race | 6 times | 2011 Canadian Grand Prix |
Most red flags in qualifying | 3 | 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix (Advertising hoardings falling on the circuit)
2009 Japanese Grand Prix (Crashes of Jaime Alguersuari, Timo Glock, Heikki Kovalainen) |
Closest result in a qualifying session | 0.000s between P1 and P3 | 1997 European Grand Prix (Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical qualifying lap times) |
Most races in a season | 20 | 2012 |
Fewest races in a season | 7 | 1950, 1955 |
Season starting earliest in the year | 1 January | 1965 (South Africa), 1968 (South Africa) |
Season ending latest in the year | 29 December | 1962 (South Africa) |
Notes
- ↑ Since 1982, all race timings have been done to the nearest 0.001 seconds, but previously many races, including the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, were not. As a result it is impossible to know whether the finish was closer than that of the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "All time Formula One records". F1Technical.net. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ↑ "Montoya bate el récord de velocidad de un Fórmula 1". elmundo.es (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.