Breakable Records in F1 2018

Records are meant to be broken. Formula 1 is no exception. Below are the team and driver records that can be broken during the F1 2018 campaign. Some are outright holders, or others are moving up in the top 10 of certain categories.

Team and Engine Manufacturer Records:

• McLaren, Red Bull, Sauber and Williams have entered every race since the 2005 French Grand Prix. That’s 241 consecutive starts, tied for 9 in F1 history. Continuing the streak, they can tie Jordan Grand Prix’s 251 at the Singapore Grand Prix, for the 8 best F1 starting streak. The overall record is held by Ferrari, who have not missed a single race since the 1982 Italian Grand Prix.
• Mercedes F1 have 78 wins in F1. With a 79 victory, they’d tie Lotus for the 4 most wins by a constructor and their 80 would let them sit clearly in 4. With the car that they have, it will be sooner rather than later.

• Ferrari hold quite a few ‘most wins at one grand prix event’ records. If they can win at the following races, they’d extend the records they have.
  • A victory at Germany (their first since 2012) will see them win it for the 22 time (the most wins by any team at any grand prix).
  • A win at Monza, (first since 2010), will see Ferrari win the Italian Grand Prix for the 19
  • A win at France (they won the last event in 2008), would see Ferrari win the French Grand Prix for a 18 time
  • A win at Spa (first since 2009) would see Ferrari win the Belgian Grand Prix for the 17 time
  • A win at Silverstone, (first since 2011) would see Ferrari win the British Grand Prix for the 16th time

• Mercedes have won the British Grand Prix since 2013-17. If they win it in 2018, they would win the British Grand Prix for the 6 consecutive time. That is the most consecutive wins at one venue by a team. McLaren hold the record for 6 wins at Monaco.
• Mercedes have won 4 consecutive races at Russia, Austria, Italy, Japan, USA and Abu Dhabi. Victories this season can see them extend that streak to 5.
• Mercedes have 41 ‘1-2s’ in F1. If they can get 7 such results, they would pass McLaren’s 47 and be 2 in ‘1-2’ race results.
• 9 podium finishes between Lewis and Bottas can see Mercedes tie Lotus for 172 podium finishes in F1, and a 10 podium would see them sit 4 in podiums.
• Dating back to the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix, Mercedes have 19 consecutive podium finishes, the 5 best streak. They have the chance of surpassing their total of 28 consecutive podium finishes for the 2 best streak in F1.
• Mercedes if they outscore Red Bull by 98.5 points this F1 2018 season, they would surpass the Austrian team for the 3 most points in F1.
• Force India’s 1015 points without a win a F1 record, and they will be extending that. They also have the most points in F1 without a constructor’s title.

• If Mercedes or Red Bull racing win the F1 2018 constructors title, they would move to a clear 5 in the number of constructors title won (both are joint 5 with 4 titles a piece). If Mercedes win the title for a 5 time, they would hold the 2 best streak in F1 for consecutive constructors titles won with 5. Ferrari hold the record with 6
• 5 wins this season for Mercedes will see a Mercedes powered car win a race for the 169 time, putting them 3 on wins by an engine manufacturer, behind Ford and Ferrari.

Driver related Records.

• Fernando Alonso can become the 4 driver to have 300 starts. He stands at 296 before Monaco. He joins Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and the record holder, Rubens Barrichello.

• Lewis Hamilton can extend his record of most consecutive race starts, which stands at 213 before the F1 2018 Monaco Grand Prix.
• If Kimi starts all the remaining races for Ferrari, he would have entered 152 races for the team. That would see him go past David Coulthard’s 150, for the most races by a driver for a team. Michael Schumacher holds the record with 181 entries (179 starts) for Ferrari.
• Lewis Hamilton will continue to extend his record for most races with the same engine manufacturer. He has always used a Mercedes engine, and leads the statistic with 213 starts.

• 3 more victories for Sebastian Vettel can see him notch 52 career wins and move 3 in the all-time F1 winners list, ahead of 4 time world champion, Alain Prost.
• Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez have entered 142 races without tasting victory, the 6 longest drought. They should pass Eddie Cheever and Jean-Pierre Jarier for the 5 longest streak by the end of the F1 2018 season. Perez (484) has the most points in F1 without a win and Hulkenberg (427) is 2.

• Victory at Canada and US could see Lewis win at those venues for the 7 time overall. Michael Schumacher has won 8 times at France, 7 times at Canada and San Marino.
• Lewis Hamilton can continue to extend his lead with the most pole positions won. He has 74 pole positions.
• Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel are 1 and 2 in all-time career points won. They can extend their lead.
• Fernando Alonso (198) and Kimi Raikkonen (190) can become the only drivers after Michael Schumacher to have scored points in over 200 races this season.
• Lewis Hamilton has the record for most consecutive point finishes at 30, starting from the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix. He looks set to extend the record.
• Lewis has the F1 record for taking pole and winning the same race, 41 times. He can look forward to extending that record.
• Victory at the French Grand Prix would see Lewis win a 23 different Grand Prix and win at a 26 different track.