Other Driver Records
| Description | Record | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Championships | ||
| World Champion with most races left in the season | 6 races | Michael Schumacher (2002 in round 11 of 17) |
| World Champion having been championship leader for most races in the season | 19 races | Sebastian Vettel (2011) |
| Most consecutive races as championship leader | 37 races | Michael Schumacher (2000 United States Grand Prix–2002 Japanese Grand Prix) |
| World Champion having not been championship leader during the season | – | John Surtees (1964) James Hunt (1976) Sebastian Vettel (2010) |
| Most points between first and second in the World Championship | 122 points | between Sebastian Vettel (392 pts.) and Jenson Button (270 pts.) in 2011 pre-2010: 67 points between Michael Schumacher (144 pts.) and Rubens Barrichello (77 pts.) in 2002 |
| Highest percentage points difference between first and second in the World Championship | 48.15% | between Nigel Mansell (108 pts.) and Riccardo Patrese (56 pts.) in 1992 |
| Fewest points between first and second in the World Championship | 0.5 points | between Niki Lauda (72 pts.) and Alain Prost (71.5 pts.) in 1984 |
| Fewest points between first and third in the World Championship | 1 point | between Kimi Räikkönen (110 pts.) and Fernando Alonso (109 pts.) in 2007 |
| Longest time between successive World Championship Titles | 7 years | Niki Lauda (between 1977 and 1984) |
| Most Grands Prix while leading World Championship | 121 Grands Prix | Michael Schumacher |
| Most consecutive days as World Champion | 1,813 days | Michael Schumacher (from 8/10/2000 to 25/9/2005) |
| Youngest double World Champion | 24 years, 98 days | Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011) |
| Youngest triple World Champion | 25 years, 145 days | Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012) |
| Youngest World Championship leader | 22 years, 126 days | Lewis Hamilton (at 2007 Spanish Grand Prix) |
| Oldest World Champion | 46 years, 41 days | Juan Manuel Fangio (1957) |
| World Champion with most teams | 4 teams | Juan Manuel Fangio ( Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari) |
| Highest Championship finishing position for a rookie (not including 1950) | 2nd |
Jacques Villeneuve (1996) |
| Most championship points for a driver in his rookie season | 109 | Lewis Hamilton (2007) |
| Most races before becoming World Champion | 180 races | Nigel Mansell (1992) |
| Most runner-up championship finishes before becoming World Champion | 3 times | Nigel Mansell (1992) |
| Most runner-up championship finishes without becoming World Champion | 4 times | Stirling Moss |
| Most championship leader changes in a season | 10 times | 2010 Formula One season ( Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Webber, Hamilton, Webber, Alonso, Sebastian Vettel) |
| Most championship contenders going into the final race of the season | 4 drivers | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ( Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton) |
| Most World Champions competing in a season | 6 drivers | 2012 Formula One season ( Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher ) |
| Wins | ||
| Most different Grands Prix won | 22 Grands Prix | Michael Schumacher |
| Most wins with the same team | 72 wins | Michael Schumacher / Ferrari |
| Wins with most different constructors | 5 | Stirling Moss ( Mercedes, Maserati, Vanwall, Cooper, Lotus) |
| Youngest Grand Prix winner for 2 different teams | 21 years, 287 days | Sebastian Vettel (2008 Italian Grand Prix for Toro Rosso, 2009 Chinese Grand Prix for Red Bull) |
| Youngest Grand Prix winner at the same Grand Prix on 2 occasions | 23 years, 98 days | Sebastian Vettel (Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in 2009 and 2010) |
| Longest time between first and last wins | 5,145 days | Michael Schumacher (1992 Belgian Grand Prix–2006 Chinese Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between successive wins | 2,402 days | Riccardo Patrese (1983 South African Grand Prix–1990 San Marino Grand Prix) |
| Most (total and consecutive) seasons with at least one win | 15 seasons | Michael Schumacher (1992–2006) |
| Most hat tricks (pole, win & fastest lap in same race) in a season | 5 | Alberto Ascari (1952) Michael Schumacher (2004) |
| Most race winners in one year | 11 (1982) | Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Didier Pironi, John Watson, Riccardo Patrese, Nelson Piquet, René Arnoux, Patrick Tambay, Elio de Angelis, Keke Rosberg, Michele Alboreto |
| Fewest race winners in one year | 3 |
1950 Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio, Johnnie Parsons |
| Fewest race wins for the driver with most race wins in one year | 2 wins |
1959 Jack Brabham, Tony Brooks, Stirling Moss |
| Most different race winners in consecutive races | 9 (1961-1962) (1982) |
Giancarlo Baghetti (1961 French Grand Prix), Wolfgang Von Trips (1961 British Grand Prix), Stirling Moss (1961 German Grand Prix), Phil Hill (1961 Italian Grand Prix), Innes Ireland (1961 United States Grand Prix), Graham Hill (1962 Dutch Grand Prix), Bruce McLaren (1962 Monaco Grand Prix), Jim Clark (1962 Belgian Grand Prix), Dan Gurney (1962 French Grand Prix) |
| Most different race winners in consecutive races from first race of the season | 7 (2012) |
Jenson Button (2012 Australian Grand Prix), Fernando Alonso (2012 Malaysian Grand Prix), Nico Rosberg (2012 Chinese Grand Prix), Sebastian Vettel (2012 Bahrain Grand Prix), Pastor Maldonado (2012 Spanish Grand Prix), Mark Webber (2012 Monaco Grand Prix), Lewis Hamilton (2012 Canadian Grand Prix) |
| Fewest race wins in World Championship winning year | 1 |
Mike Hawthorn (1958) |
| World Champion with fewest career wins | 3 |
Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill |
| Most career wins without becoming World Champion | 16 |
Stirling Moss |
| Most race wins in one season without becoming World Champion | 7 |
Alain Prost (1984) |
| Race with most World Champions finishing in the first positions | top 5 | Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher in the 2011 Italian Grand Prix |
| Podiums | ||
| Highest percentage of podium finishes in one season | 100% | Michael Schumacher, 17 podium finishes out of 17 races in 2002 |
| Longest time between first and last podium finishes | 7,369 days | Michael Schumacher (1992 Mexican Grand Prix–2012 European Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between successive podium finishes | 2,870 days | Alexander Wurz (1997 British Grand Prix–2005 San Marino Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive podium finishes from debut | 9 | Lewis Hamilton (2007 Australian Grand Prix–2007 British Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive top two finishes | 15 | Michael Schumacher (2002 Brazilian Grand Prix– 2002 Japanese Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive top two finishes from the start of the season | 9 | Fernando Alonso (2006 Bahrain Grand Prix–2006 Canadian Grand Prix) Sebastian Vettel (2011 Australian Grand Prix–2011 British Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive top two results, in both qualifying and race | 11 | Sebastian Vettel (2010 Brazilian Grand Prix–2011 British Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive top two results, in both qualifying and race, from the start of the season | 9 | Sebastian Vettel (2011 Australian Grand Prix–2011 British Grand Prix) |
| Most 2nd places | 43 | Michael Schumacher |
| Most 3rd places | 28 | Rubens Barrichello |
| Youngest average age of podium finishers | 23 years, 350 days | 2008 Italian Grand Prix ( Sebastian Vettel, Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica) |
| Oldest average age of podium finishers | 46 years, 263 days | 1950 Swiss Grand Prix ( Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, Louis Rosier) |
| Most podium finishes without a victory | 13 | Nick Heidfeld |
| Most podium finishes before a victory | 15 | Jean Alesi, Mika Häkkinen, Eddie Irvine and Patrick Depailler |
| Most races before first podium | 91 | Martin Brundle |
| Most races without a podium | 119 | Pierluigi Martini |
| Pole position | ||
| Most pole positions in a debut season | 6 | Lewis Hamilton (2007) |
| Fewest pole positions scored in a Championship winning season | 0 | Denny Hulme (1967) Niki Lauda (1984) |
| Pole positions by different Grand Prix | 20 | Alain Prost |
| Most consecutive seasons with at least one pole position | 13 | Michael Schumacher (1994–2006) |
| Longest time between successive pole positions | 2,940 days | Mario Andretti (1968 United States Grand Prix–1976 Japanese Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between first and last pole position | 5,531 days | Rubens Barrichello (1994 Belgian Grand Prix–2009 Brazilian Grand Prix) |
| Most races before first pole position | 131 | Mark Webber |
| Most races without a pole position | 165 | Martin Brundle, Johnny Herbert |
| Most pole positions without a victory | 5 | Chris Amon |
| Front row starts | ||
| Starting from front row in every race of a season | Ayrton Senna (1989) Alain Prost (1993) |
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| Youngest average age of front row drivers | 23 years, 102 days | 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix ( Nico Hülkenberg, Sebastian Vettel) |
| Longest time between first and last front row start | 7,287 days | Michael Schumacher (1992 Spanish Grand Prix–2012 Chinese Grand Prix) |
| Laps in the lead | ||
| Most laps led in a season | 739 | Sebastian Vettel (2011) |
| Most consecutive laps in the lead | 304 | Alberto Ascari (1952 Belgian Grand Prix–1952 Dutch Grand Prix) |
| Highest percentage of laps led in a season | 71.47% | Jim Clark (1963) |
| Most consecutive races with at least one lap in the lead | 17 | Jackie Stewart (1968 United States Grand Prix–1970 Belgian Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between successive lap in the lead | 2,198 days | Bruce McLaren (1962 Monaco Grand Prix–1968 Belgian Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between first and last lap in the lead | 6,979 days | Michael Schumacher (1992 Belgian Grand Prix–2011 Japanese Grand Prix) |
| Most races before the first lap in the lead | 91 | Nick Heidfeld |
| Most races without leading | 165 | Martin Brundle |
| Race starts (entries) | ||
| Longest time between first and last starts | 7,763 days | Michael Schumacher (1991 Belgian Grand Prix–2012 Brazilian Grand Prix) |
| Longest time between successive starts | 3,767 days | Jan Lammers (1982 Dutch Grand Prix–1992 Japanese Grand Prix) |
| Most races for the same team | 181 races | Michael Schumacher / Ferrari |
| Most races for the same team, having driven for no other team | 110 races | Lewis Hamilton / McLaren |
| Entries with most constructors | 13 | Chris Amon ( Lola, Lotus, Brabham, Cooper, Ferrari, March, Matra, Tecno, Tyrrell, Amon, BRM, Ensign, Williams) |
| Most entries without starting | 14 entries | Claudio Langes (1990 United States Grand Prix–1990 Spanish Grand Prix) |
| Most failed attempts to pre-qualify | 24 failed attempts | Gabriele Tarquini |
| Most races without scoring points | 58 races (50 starts) | Luca Badoer |
| Most races before scoring first points | 69 races (43 starts) | Nicola Larini |
| Shortest Formula One career (having qualified for at least one race) | a little over 800 metres (1/2 mile) | Marco Apicella (1993 Italian Grand Prix) |
| Most seasons with at least one start | 19 seasons | Rubens Barrichello (1993–2011) Michael Schumacher (1991–2006 / 2010–2012) |
| Finishes | ||
| Most classified finishes | 239 races | Michael Schumacher |
| Most race finishes | 235 races | Michael Schumacher |
| Most consecutive classified finishes | 41 races | Nick Heidfeld (2007 French Grand Prix–2009 Italian Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive race finishes | 33 races | Nick Heidfeld (2007 Chinese Grand Prix–2009 Italian Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive points finishes | 24 races | Michael Schumacher (2001 Hungarian Grand Prix–2003 Malaysian Grand Prix) |
| Most classified finishes in a season | 20 races |
Kimi Räikkönen (from 20 races in 2012) |
| Most classified finishes in rookie season | 18 races |
Tiago Monteiro (from 19 races in 2005) |
| Most consecutive finishes from start of career | 16 races | Tiago Monteiro (2005 Australian Grand Prix–2005 Belgian Grand Prix) Heikki Kovalainen (2007 Australian Grand Prix–2007 Chinese Grand Prix) |
| Most retirements (did not finishes) | 148 DNFs | Andrea de Cesaris |
| Most consecutive retirements (did not finishes) | 22 DNFs | Andrea de Cesaris (1986 Australian Grand Prix–1988 Canadian Grand Prix) |
| Most consecutive retirements (did not finishes) from first race of season | 16 DNFs | Andrea de Cesaris (1987 Brazilian Grand Prix–1987 Australian Grand Prix) |
| Most retirements (did not finishes) in a season | 14 DNFs |
Andrea de Cesaris (from 16 races in 1986) |
| Pit stops | ||
| Most pit stops by a driver in a single race | 7 pit stops | Alain Prost in the 1993 European Grand Prix |
| Most pit stops by a winning driver in a single race | 6 pit stops (including 1 penalty) | Jenson Button in the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Penalties | ||
| Most (driving) penalties in a season | 9 | Pastor Maldonado (2012) |
| Shortest time elapsed before earning a penalty | 6 seconds | Sebastian Vettel (2006 Turkish Grand Prix; recorded speeding in pit lane six seconds into his career as a Formula One driver) |
| Other | ||
| Driver who was passed more than any other in season | 70 times | Charles Pic (2012) |
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