When Max Verstappen won the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix, he became the only driver in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship to win the Monaco Grand Prix, British Grand Prix and Belgian Grand Prix in the same season.8mo ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
10 years ago today, Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest 3 time World Champion in the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, beating Fernando Alonso by 3 points.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Frank Williams celebrating his final win in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix with driver Pastor Maldonado and Toto Wolff as the teams executive director before he joined Mercedes in 20133yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
In Baku George Russell ties Nico Rosberg's record of finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton in 7 consecutive races; Rosberg beat Hamilton 7 straight races when he won 7 in a row from Mexico 2015 to Russia 20162yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen has won 20 of the last 37 Grand Prix since Abu Dhabi 2020, with nine 2nd place finishes and a 3rd at Monaco; 5 retirements and a 7th and 9th at Silverstone and Hungary with broken cars.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Juan Manuel Fangio driving the #18 Mercedes W196, leads teammate Stirling Moss in the #16 on the banked part of Monza in the 1955 Italian Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Sebastian Vettel finished outside of the Top 5 for the 7th straight race for the first time in his 247 race career in the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix; his original longest streak outside the Top 5 was his first 6 Grand Prix, before finishing 4th in China in 2007.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Fernando Alonso's 3 Podium finishes in the first 3 Grand Prix this season are as many as he had in his previous 7 seasons combined.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Sergio Perez became the first Mexican driver to Qualify on the front-row since Pedro Rodriguez got 2nd in the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix, equalling the best Grid result for a Mexican driver.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
The last time Red Bull won the first race of the season in 2011, they won 18 Poles out of 19 races and led the point standings after every race; and the last time they won Bahrain in 2013, 9 wins in a row to finish the season.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Toto Wolff and Mercedes now have 94 wins in the 127 races since 2014 began, 1 more than the 93 wins Enzo Ferrari had in the 434 races of his lifetime.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
It's been 32 years since the passing of Enzo Ferrari. Enzo quote: Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.4yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen has 26 wins in the last 45 Grand Prix since Abu Dhabi 2020; that's 1 more win than Jim Clark or Niki Lauda had in each of their careers and 2 more than Fangio had in his career.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton having a helmet swap at the 2012 British Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen has now tied Ayrton Senna in career Podium finishes with his 80th in the 2023 Australian Grand Prix1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
At the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton was gifted a helmet used by Ayrton Senna, as a reward for matching Ayrton Senna's 65 career Pole positons2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
After leading 49 laps at the British Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc has now moved into 50th on the all-time laps led list with 296, surpassing both Daniel Ricciardo's 292 and Didier Pironi's 2952yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen tied Michael Schumacher's record of converting 12 straight Poles into a Win when he won the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix; Michael set the record of 12 straight Poles to Wins between 2003 and 2004.8mo ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen ended Mercedes streak of 9 consecutive Poles at Silverstone, the last non Mercedes driver to take Pole at Silverstone was Fernando Alonso in the wet at the 2012 British Grand Prix2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Carlos Sainz did beat Leclerc by 5.5 points in 2021 with 4 Podiums to Charles 1, but when both drivers finished in the Top 6 Charles was 5-0, and when both were in the Top 8 Charles was 12-32yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
The last time Max Verstappen was out-qualified by a teammate in 2 straight races was in Austin and Mexico 2018; he finished 2nd from 18th in Austin and Won from 2nd in Mexico2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
After leading all 63 laps in Imola, Max Verstappen has surpassed Kimi Raikkonen for 16th all-time in career laps led with 1308 over Kimi's 1305, also moving ahead of Kimi in career Grand Prix wins with his 22nd2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Mercedes have won all six Russian Grand Prix, with Hamilton in 2014-15, 2018-19; Rosberg in 2016 and Bottas in 2017; leading 256 of the 317 laps between the three drivers.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
15 years ago today, Kimi Raikkonen won the 2005 Grand Prix of Turkey, leading all 58 laps from the Pole and beating Fernando Alonso by 18.609 seconds in Turkey's inaugural event.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Photo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg colliding on the first lap of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
This weekend's Grand Prix is the first season opening race with a new World Champion since the 2011 Australian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Sebastian Vettel driving a real life Mario Kart in a Soapbox derby event in Germany July 20133yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Juan Manuel Fangio leads Mercedes teammate Karl Kling in the 1955 Italian Grand Prix, with the Michelin Man standing above the banking2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
His win from 9th in the 2023 Miami Grand Prix was Max Verstappen's record 7th consecutive win in North America(Hamilton is 2nd with 5 straight between 2016 and '17), and also his 29th win in the last 50 Grand Prix since Abu Dhabi 2020.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen has a career lap led total of 1999 after leading 36 laps in the 2023 Miami Grand Prix; Nigel Mansell is next ahead in 6th all-time with 2091 laps led1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
At the French Grand Prix, Max Verstappen surpassed Alain Prost for the second most Podium finishes with a Honda engine, with his 26th; only Ayrton Senna has more with 56.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
When Ayrton Senna completed lap 16 of the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix in 3rd place, this began a streak of 640 consecutive completed laps in the Top 3 that lasted the rest of his career at Monaco from 1984 through 19933yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Throwback to Ayrton Senna walking back to the pits after retiring with an engine failure, from a gigantic lead with only 3 laps left in the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
In Monaco Charles Leclerc took his 14th career Pole, tying him for 22nd on the all-time list with Alberto Ascari, James Hunt, Ronnie Peterson, Rubens Barrichello and Mad Max2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
45 years ago today, Vittorio Brambilla took his only Grand Prix win in the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, and in his excitement, crashed after taking the checkered flag.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
35 years ago on this day, Ayrton Senna beat Nigel Mansell in the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix by 0.014s, the 3rd closest finish ever; this race had 16 DNFs, 13 of them mechanical for a 24 car grid.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
In Hungary Max Verstappen surpassed 2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg for 12th on the all-time laps led list; Max has led 1547 laps and Rosberg led 15331yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
After Sebastian Vettel placed 8th in his debut in the 2007 United States Grand Prix, the BMW Sauber team gave him a pacifier, baby bottle and bib that said: A Star is Born.1yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
After leading 48 laps in the Miami Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has surpassed the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio for 15th on the all-time laps led list, giving him 1356 over Fangio's 1347; it was his 14th win in the last 28 Grand Prix2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Juan Manuel Fangio winning the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix, in his final race at Monaco, gave him 2 wins in his 4 Monaco Grand Prix with 4 poles, 4 fastest laps with 4 different teams and 250 laps led of 3543yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Willie Mays at his 1979 Hall of Fame induction with legendary Pitcher, and 1971 Hall of Famer, Satchel Paige2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/baseball
Today is the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Greenville 200, at my hometown track Greenville-Pickens Speedway; the first Nascar Cup race broadcast live flag to flag.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/NASCAR
30 years ago today, Ayrton Senna led every lap of the Belgian Grand Prix from the Pole for the third straight year, with Alain Prost in 2nd for the third straight year; Senna leading 131 of 131 laps from 1988 through 1990.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Ayrton Senna celebrates winning the Pole for the 1985 Italian Grand Prix, outqualifying his teammate Elio de Angelis by .960 of a second2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Photo of Michael Schumacher in the heavy rain at the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Max Verstappen surpassed Juan Manuel Fangio in career Podiums with his 36th, along with Lewis Hamilton surpassing Michael Schumacher with his 156th in the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
An amazing wax statue of Fernando Alonso, perfectly re-creating his joy of becoming World Champion2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formuladank
Photo of Lewis carefully eyeing his 88th career Grand Prix winning trophy on the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix Podium3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Photo of Senna and Mansell going wheel to wheel in the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Juan Manuel Fangio looking like a Boss with Ayrton Senna and Jo Ramirez3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
It was 20 years ago on this day that we lost Dale Earnhardt, taken by Daytona on the last lap while his DEI team cars finished 1-2, making him a winning owner in the Daytona 500 along with his win as a driver in 1998. Rest in Peace3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/NASCAR
66 years ago today, Juan Manuel Fangio led all 66 laps of the 1954 Grand Prix of Switzerland from 2nd on the grid; with the fastest lap and beat Ferrari driver and Pole sitter Jose Froilan Gonzalez by 57.8 seconds in a winning time of 3 hours and 34.5 seconds.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Happy 83rd Birthday to Nascar Legend and Hall of Famer Bobby Allison!!3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/NASCAR
Mickey Mantle hitting his World Series record 18th Home Run off of Bob Gibson in Game 7 of the 1964 World Series; a three run shot to the opposite field.2yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/baseball
Today is the 10th Anniversary of Jimmie Johnson taking his record 5th consecutive Nascar Cup title, one of the greatest feats in Nascar history.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/NASCAR
63 years ago today, Formula 1 held it's only World Championship race at the 15.894 mile or 25.578km long Pescara Circuit in italy, the longest circuit F1 ever raced at. Fangio(#2) won the Pole over Stirling Moss(#26) by 10.1 seconds, but Moss beat Fangio for the Win by 3 minutes and 13.9 seconds.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/formula1
Jeff Gordon 6 time winner of the Southern 500, 16 Top 5's in 24 races and a stretch of 14 Top 5's in 16 races from 1995-2010; and the almighty record of 4 wins in a row from 1995-1998, nobody else has more than 2 wins in a row.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/NASCAR
My Silent Hill collection; been a fan since I played the Silent Hill demo that came with PSX magazine in January 1999.3yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/silenthill
Between 1926-28 Babe Ruth hit a 3 season record of 161 Home Runs, 70 years later Ken Griffey Jr hit 161 between 1996-98, and broke Ruth's 4 season record of 207 from 1926-29, when he hit 209 from 1996-99; though McGwire did hit 193 between 1997-99 and 245 between 1996-992yr ⋅ Fangio_The_Master ⋅ r/baseball
