Crazy Stats Australia: Zero for the Germans

The first three Formula 1 races of the year are in Can. The numbers are slowly getting meaningful. It is already clear that the ten teams are closer to each other than before. In Melbourne, at least eight out of ten racing teams were able to collect World Championship points. Only Haas and Aston Martin got nothing.

These are two teams with German drivers. For F1 stars from the homeland of the automobile, the start of the world championship was anything but ideal. Sebastian Vettel, Nico Hulkenberg and Mick Schumacher always missed the top ten positions in their performances.

The only other country, such as Germany, still waiting for the first World Cup points, is Canada. Lance Stroll and Nicolas Latifi were more conspicuous in the first race as they produced a lot of carbon scrap. In qualifying in Melbourne, the two Montrealers ran into each other.

Leclerc on the course for the title

On the other hand, for Charles Leclerc, the start of the new Formula 1 era could not have been better. In Melbourne, the Ferrari driver recorded the first Grand Slam of his career. Monegasque is the 26th driver in F1 history to have pole position, all lead laps, fastest race lap and one race weekend win.

If you look at the last pilots to manage this feat, one thing becomes immediately clear: Sebastian Vettel (2011, 2012, 2013), Lewis Hamilton (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019), Nico Rosberg (2016) and Max Verstappen (2022) also became world champion in the season in which he produced the Grand Slam.

But this is not the only figure that speaks of Leclerc’s title victory. In Crazy Stats we tell you when a leader in the drivers’ position was able to collect more points than two chasers the last time Ferrari had a better start to the season last time and Joe Senna’s record Lewis Hamilton Melbourne I had missed.