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The 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Stats Rundown

IMOLA, ITALY - APRIL 18: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W12 and Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Red Bull Racing RB16B Honda compete for position on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on April 18, 2021 in Imola, Italy. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202104180173 // Usage for editorial use only //

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The season-opener in Bahrain truly was a nail-biter, but the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was an entertaining spectacle in all aspects with quite some action occurring before the race even began. Rain played the variable on a chilly Sunday evening, conditions Max Verstappen tends to excel in. He didn’t disappoint as he took a dominant win over Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris, who also put in valiant performances under tricky conditions.

Here are all the numbers from the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP –

GENERAL –

  • The ‘Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia Romagna Grand Prix‘ might look like the longest official name for a Formula 1 race, but the first-ever championship race in 1950 had a longer one – ‘The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d’Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix‘.
  • With Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris finishing second and third respectively at Imola, it’s the first time two British drivers have shared the podium since China 2012.
  • Sunday also marked the 700th podium for the United Kingdom, 167 of which belong to Hamilton.
  • Red Bull, Mercedes and McLaren last stood on the podium together in Britain 2010. Even in that race, Lewis Hamilton finished second behind a Red Bull driver.

RED BULL –

  • This was the first time Max Verstappen led a lap around an Italian track. His previous best result in this country was fifth at the 2018 Italian Grand Prix.
  • Verstappen finished the Emilia Romagna GP 22 seconds ahead of Hamilton, the biggest winning margin of his career.
  • Five of Verstappen’s 11 F1 wins have come from the second row of the grid.
  • Red Bull led and won an Italian race for the first time since 2013.
  • The last time Red Bull won either of the opening two rounds of a season (2013), they went on to win both championships.

MERCEDES –

  • Hamilton, the winner of last year’s Emilia Romagna GP, snatched pole position on Saturday to become the first driver to take pole on 30 different circuits.
  • The seven-time world champion now has 54 fastest laps with Mercedes engines, the most a driver has achieved with any one engine supplier.

 

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McLAREN –

  • This was McLaren’s first podium under their new engine partnership with Mercedes, their last one coming in Australia in 2014.
  • Daniel Ricciardo is on a 13-race points streak and has been in the points in every race since the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.

ASTON MARTIN –

  • Sebastian Vettel has scored just a solitary point in his last five races in Italy.

ALPINE –

  • Alpine become the 70th different constructor to take points in Formula 1.
  • Kimi Raikkonen’s post-race penalty meant Fernando Alonso was awarded the last available point from the race, taking his career tally to 1900 points. He stands third in the all-time list, behind Hamilton (3822) and Vettel (3018).

WILLIAMS –

  • Williams suffered a double retirement at Imola spoiling their chances of scoring any points. Their last double-DNF came at the 2019 Russian GP.

 

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