Motor racing-Statistics for the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix
Aug 21 (Reuters) -Statistics for the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Zandvoort, round 15 of the 24-race championship:
Lap distance: 4.259km. Total distance: 306.587km (72 laps)
2023 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull One minute 10.567 seconds.
2023 race winner: Verstappen, Red Bull
Race lap record: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:11.097 (2021)
Start time: 1300GMT (1500 local)
NETHERLANDS
The race returned to the calendar in 2021 for the first time since 1985.
Verstappen has won all three races since then from pole position.
Zandvoort opened in 1948 in the coastal sand dunes, roughly half an hour by train from Amsterdam, and is distinctly "old school" -- a quick and flowing circuit with high-speed changes of direction and much of the lap spent cornering.
Overtaking can be a challenge, putting an emphasis on qualifying.
The last two banked corners have an angle steeper than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 235 metre pit lane is the shortest of the season.
The narrow and twisty track, with 14 corners, is the second shortest on the calendar and the race has only six laps fewer than Monaco. Only 55% of the lap is spent at full throttle.
WINS
Seven times world champion Hamilton has a record 105 career victories from 346 starts.
Four teams -- Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes -- have won a race this season, the most since 2021 when Red Bull, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren won.
Seven different drivers have triumphed, the most in a single season since 2012 when there were eight.
Red Bull have gone four races without a win -- Verstappen's longest losing streak since 2020.
Mercedes have won three of the last four.
Verstappen has won seven of 14, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz triumphant in Melbourne, Norris in Miami, Leclerc in Monaco, Mercedes's George Russell in Spain and Hamilton in Britain and Belgium and McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Hungary.
Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren have won with both drivers, unlike Red Bull.
Red Bull have won 120 races and are fourth in the all-time list of winners. Ferrari lead with 245, McLaren have 185 and Mercedes 128.
Verstappen has won 61 grands prix and is third on the all-time list. Michael Schumacher is second on 91.
POLE POSITION
Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent in Hungary in July 2023.
Verstappen has had eight poles so far this year. That includes the first seven of the season, equalling Alain Prost's 1993 record, and eight in a row including the last race of 2023 -- equalling Ayrton Senna's 1988-89 record.
Leclerc took pole in Monaco and Belgium, Russell was fastest in Canada and Britain. Norris took the top spot in Spain and Hungary.
PODIUMS
Verstappen has 107 career podiums, Hamilton a record 201.
Verstappen has been on the podium nine times this season, Norris eight, Leclerc six and Sainz five.
MILESTONE
Sunday will be Verstappen's 200th start in Formula One, making him the youngest driver to reach that milestone at 26 years and 330 days.
Alpine's last podium finish was Pierre Gasly's third place at Zandvoort a year ago.
New Zealand's Liam Lawson made his F1 debut at Zandvoort last year, standing in for the injured Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri (RB).
Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ken Ferris
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