Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix will be the 1,000th race of the Formula One wor...
LONDON - Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix will be the 1,000th race of the Formula One world championship since the first at Silverstone in 1950. The following are some of the main numbers:
7 - The most championships won by a driver, with Germany’s Michael Schumacher taking his seventh in 2004 with Ferrari. 17/18 - Dutch driver Max Verstappen was 17 when he became the youngest F1 driver with Toro Rosso. He was the youngest race winner at 18, with Red Bull, at the 2016 Spanish GP.29 - Titles decided in the last race of the season. Most recently in 2016, when Germany’s Nico Rosberg took the title for Mercedes in Abu Dhabi.
55 - Monaco’s Louis Chiron remains the oldest driver to start a race, in his home grand prix in 1955. 83 - Ferrari have had a record 83 one-two finishes over the years, with McLaren next on 47. Mercedes have 46.
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