Talk:List of Formula One driver records

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Longest streak of non-consecutive race winners

So I noticed for this season (2024) that there hasn't been back-to-back victories since Verstappen won Canada and Spain back-to-back. Since then, the driver who has won the next race did not win the previous.

I know there are records already for the longest streak of DIFFERENT race winners, but it got me thinking, what is the longest streak of races of non-consecutive winners? In other words, the longest run of races where the winning driver did not win the previous.

I went through the entire race results history since the Driver's Championship started in 1950 to now (The source I used is the offical formula1.com website, results page) and kept a tally. The longest run of races I could find was 27: Niki Lauda won the 1982 USA West Grand Prix, all the way to Nelson Piquet's victory in the 1983 Europe Grand Prix. The next race Piquet won as well, ending the streak at 27 races with non-consecutive winners.

Not sure if this is something interesting to include since I couldn't find any data on this anywhere, and found it rather relevant and interesting given the hype this season with the record multiple race victors. Also it contrasts with the record of most consecutive race victories

Anyway, that's my contribution - wanted to share it more than anything 92.232.1.234 (talk) 19:49, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting 'Other records' and moving them to respective topics

Since the table with 'Other driver records' is so nicely structured based on WDCs, wins, podium finishes and so on, would it be logical to split the table and move the various records to their respective topics? Perhaps a few will remain, but then they could stay under the Other records heading. Lustigson (talk) 10:26, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

15 races

Hello, I'd be curious to know more about the introduction of the "minimum 15 races" criteria within certain categories. For example, I believe Dorino Serafini was the only driver to score a podium in his first and last F1 race. Shouldn't such remarkable occurrence warrant a place in this section? Thanks. 45.88.113.74 (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "at least 15 races" restrictions were added to various tables over time by various editors. I suspect the number 15 was an arbitrary choice, although noting that it effectively eliminates drivers whose only participation in the World Championship was in the Indy 500 (of which only 11 races were part of the World Championship). The "at least 15 races" restriction doesn't exclude Serafini's achievement of being the only driver to score a podium in his first and last F1 race from any of the existing tables (although it does exclude him from the "Percentage podium finishes (at least 15 starts)" table). DH85868993 (talk) 03:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Led for at least one lap, oldest leaders

Hiya. This heading seems to be omitted from above the relevant table. I would add it in but I don't know how to do that. Thanks Mickey Smiths (talk) 17:58, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Most consecutive laps in the lead vs Most consecutive distance in the lead

Hiya. Jim Clark appears twice in both lists, however, and I'm not sure which one, he appears for one consecutiveness in both lists but two different consecutivenesses in both lists also. Considering the long track lengths at the time surely each of the two different consecutivenesses should yield their own consecutive laps led or consecutive distance led. I'm just spitballing here but it seems there might be omissions. Could someone confirm please? I might be wrong, but it's worth a look. Thanks Mickey Smiths (talk) 18:20, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the full lists at StatsF1 (distance, laps), the three sequences are:
Sequence Km Pos Laps Pos
1963 Belgium-->1963 France 1227 3rd 165 8th
1963 Mexico-->1964 Monaco 771 12th 186 7th
1965 Belgium-->1965 Britain 1150 4th 152 12th
So "1963 Mexico-->1964 Monaco" just falls outside the top 10 for distance and "1965 Belgium-->1965 Britain" just falls outside the top 10 for laps. I haven't checked StatsF1's figures (I will when I get the chance), but my guess is that it's the extreme length of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit (14 km) which causes the anomaly. But you're right that it looks odd, and it was worth questioning. DH85868993 (talk) 22:02, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks heaps for following up. I had anticipated the Mexico to Monaco distance being over 900km, but clearly it isn't. Still the distance led and the laps led are 12th, so just outside the top ten. It's definitely the old Spa length that is the difference for both lists. Cheers Mickey Smiths (talk) 16:09, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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