Stats

The return of Ask the F1Statman! Twelve questions from eight people and a wide variety of questions, going from safety cars to snails at Spa.

Some of you might remember that in December I answered all stat questions thrown at me. There's not much going on in F1 recently so I'll do it again. Ask any question you like, either tweet me, email me, or comment below.

Hamilton has finally won a race for Mercedes, four pole positions and before Sunday a best finishing position of only third. Hamilton is only the second British F1 winner in a German car, the only other being Stirling Moss back in 1955.

Hungary Hungary Hamilton! By far the worst opening line I’ve ever typed. At the start of the season Vettel hadn’t won four of the races on the 2013 calendar, now just two remain, Hungary and USA. Vettel could also achieve his 40th pole position.

We’re halfway into the season now (pretty much), so it’s time for some graphs of everything I can think of. How teammates are doing head to head, drivers’ championship positions, constructors’ championship positions, everything.

Another race over and another win for the championship leader Sebastian Vettel. At the start of the season there was just four races on the calendar that he hadn’t won. Now after winning in Canada and Germany there are just two left, Hungary and USA.

The German GP! One of few races that Sebastian Vettel hasn’t yet won. This will be the 60th German GP and the 40th race at the Nürburgring. Vettel could get his 40th pole or 30th win this weekend and Mercedes-Benz engines could get their 100th pole or fastest lap.

O Canada! Today is Canada Day, so much like I have done for Finland and Australia previously here are some stats of the Canadians in F1. In total thirteen Canadians have entered a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, with eleven of them starting at least one race. Of those eleven drivers only two have even managed to score a point, Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve. I won’t write about all thirteen Canadians as the eleven non-scoring Canadians most of you won’t have even heard of.

Wow, what a race finish that was, Mark Webber stormed to the front to put Rosberg under pressure for the win, setting the fastest lap in the process. I’m not sure anyone has mentioned it but it is Webber’s last British GP! If you had a drink every time a commentator mentioned that in the race then you would have been drunk by the first safety car.

SILVERSTONE! The home of British motorsport and the 64th British GP, one of only two nations to have hosted a grand prix every year since 1950, Italy being the other. This will be the 47th F1 race at Silverstone, the British GP has also been held at Aintree and Brands Hatch.