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This is a list of race records in the FIA World Championships, since 1950.
This page is accurate as of the 2024 United States Grand Prix.
| Description | Record | Details | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most retirements (number) | 25 |  1951 Indianapolis 500 (out of 33 starters – 75.8%) | |
| Most retirements (percentage) | 85.7% |  1996 Monaco Grand Prix (18 out of 21 starters) | [1] |
| Fewest drivers not classified | 0 |  1961 Dutch Grand Prix (15 starters) 2005 United States Grand Prix (6 starters) [lower-alpha 1]  2005 Italian Grand Prix (20 starters) 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) 2015 Japanese Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 2]  2016 Chinese Grand Prix (22 starters) 2016 Japanese Grand Prix (22 starters) 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 3]  2019 Austrian Grand Prix (20 starters) 2021 French Grand Prix (20 starters) 2021 Belgian Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 4]  2021 Turkish Grand Prix (20 starters) 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 5] 2023 Miami Grand Prix (20 starters) 2023 Spanish Grand Prix (20 starters) 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 6]  2024 Bahrain Grand Prix (20 starters) 2024 Spanish Grand Prix (20 starters) 2024 Austrian Grand Prix (20 starters) [lower-alpha 7] 2024 Dutch Grand Prix (20 starters) | |
| Fewest finishers (actual) | 3 | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (21 starters. Seven cars were classified, only three crossed the finish line) | [2] |
| Fewest finishers (classified) | 4 | 1966 Monaco Grand Prix (16 starters) | [3] |
| Most finishers | 24 | 2011 European Grand Prix (24 starters) | [4] |
| Most pit stops | 89 | 2023 Dutch Grand Prix | [5] |
| Fewest pit stops | 0 | 1961 Dutch Grand Prix 2021 Belgian Grand Prix | [6] |
| Most overtakes for the lead | 41 | 1965 Italian Grand Prix | [7] |
| Most overtakes in a dry race | 161 | 2016 Chinese Grand Prix | [8] |
| Most overtakes in a wet race | 186 | 2023 Dutch Grand Prix | [9] |
| Most overtakes in a single lap | 63 | 2023 Dutch Grand Prix (lap 3) | [9] |
| Fewest overtakes in a race | 0 | 2003 Monaco Grand Prix 2005 United States Grand Prix 2009 European Grand Prix 2021 Monaco Grand Prix [lower-alpha 8] 2021 Belgian Grand Prix | [7] |
| Most starters | 34 |  1953 German Grand Prix | [12] |
| Fewest starters | 6 | 2005 United States Grand Prix (20 cars took warmup lap, but 14 cars pulled out before the start) | |
| Smallest winning margin | 0.01 s (timed to 2 decimal places) [lower-alpha 9] | 1971 Italian Grand Prix (  Peter Gethin from  Ronnie Peterson)also closest 1st–3rd (0.09 s); 1st–4th (0.18 s); 1st–5th (0.61 s) | [13] |
| 0.011 s (timed to 3 decimal places) | 2002 United States Grand Prix (  Rubens Barrichello from Michael Schumacher) | ||
| Largest winning margin (laps) | 2 laps |  1969 Spanish Grand Prix ( Jackie Stewart from  Bruce McLaren) 1995 Australian Grand Prix ( Damon Hill from Olivier Panis) | [14] |
| Largest winning margin (time) | 5 min 12.75 s |  1958 Portuguese Grand Prix ( Stirling Moss from Mike Hawthorn) | |
| Lowest average race speed (winner) | 53.583 km/h (33.295 mph) | 2022 Japanese Grand Prix ( Max Verstappen) (Race stopped twice. Firstly, due to rain and Carlos Sainz Jr.'s crash. Secondly, as three-hour time limit reached, after which the race was not restarted) | [15] |
| Lowest average race speed (winner) without a red flag | 98.701 km/h (61.330 mph) | 1950 Monaco Grand Prix (  Juan Manuel Fangio) | [16] |
| Highest average race speed (winner) | 247.586 km/h (153.843 mph) | 2003 Italian Grand Prix ( Michael Schumacher) | [17] |
| Highest average fastest lap (race) | 257.321 km/h (159.892 mph) | 2004 Italian Grand Prix ( Rubens Barrichello) | [18] |
| Highest average lap speed (qualifying) | 264.362 km/h (164.267 mph) | 2020 Italian Grand Prix ( Lewis Hamilton) | [19] |
| Highest top speed (race) | 372.499 km/h (231.46 mph) [lower-alpha 10] |  2016 Mexican Grand Prix (  Valtteri Bottas) | [20] |
| Highest top speed (overall) | 378 km/h (234.878 mph) [lower-alpha 11] |  2016 European Grand Prix ( Valtteri Bottas) | [21] |
| Shortest lap time (qualifying) | 53.377 s | 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix ( Valtteri Bottas) | [22] |
| Shortest race (laps, duration, distance) | 1 lap, 3 min 27.071 s 6.880 km (4.275 mi) | 2021 Belgian Grand Prix (Race red-flagged due to heavy rain) | [23] |
| Fewest laps without a red flag | 12 | 1971 German Grand Prix | [24] |
| Longest race (duration) | 4 h 4 min 39.540 s |  2011 Canadian Grand Prix (Race stopped for 2 hours due to heavy rain) | [25] |
| Longest race without a red flag (duration) | 3 h 57 min 38.050 s | 1951 Indianapolis 500 | [26] |
| Longest race (laps, distance) | 200 laps, 804.672 km (500 mi) |  1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Indianapolis 500 | [27] |
| Longest non-Indianapolis 500 race (distance) | 77 laps, 601.832 km (373.961 mi) | 1951 French Grand Prix | |
| Most times safety car deployed in single race | 6 times | 2011 Canadian Grand Prix | [28] |
| Most red flags in qualifying | 5 | 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Incidents of  Alexander Albon, Carlos Sainz Jr.,  Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, and Lando Norris) | [29] |
| Most red flags in the race | 3 | 2023 Australian Grand Prix (Incidents of Alexander Albon, Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant, Nyck de Vries, Esteban Ocon, and Pierre Gasly) | [30] |
| Closest result in a qualifying session | 0.000 s between P1 and P3 | 1997 European Grand Prix ( Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical qualifying lap times) | [31] |
| 0.000 s between P1 and P2 | 2024 Canadian Grand Prix ( George Russell and Max Verstappen both set identical qualifying lap times) | [32] | |
| Most pit stops by a driver in a single race | 7 | Alain Prost ( 1993 European Grand Prix) Lance Stroll, Liam Lawson, and George Russell ( 2023 Dutch Grand Prix) | |
| Most pit stops by a winning driver in a single race | 6 [lower-alpha 12] | Jenson Button ( 2011 Canadian Grand Prix) Max Verstappen ( 2023 Dutch Grand Prix) | [33] [34] |
| Most (driving) penalties in one race | 5 | Esteban Ocon ( 2023 Austrian Grand Prix) | [35] |
| Most grid-place (engine) penalties for one race | 70 | Jenson Button ( 2015 Mexican Grand Prix) | [36] |
| Youngest average age of podium finishers | 23 years, 256 days | 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix ( Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr.) | [37] |
| Oldest average age of podium finishers | 46 years, 263 days |  1950 Swiss Grand Prix ( Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, Louis Rosier) | |
| Most races in a season | 22 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | [38] [39] [40] |
| Fewest races in a season | 7 | 1950, 1955 | [41] |
| Season starting earliest in the year | 1 January | 1965 (South Africa), 1968 (South Africa) | |
| Season starting latest in the year | 5 July | 2020 (Austria. Start of season delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic) | |
| Season ending earliest in the year | 2 September | 1956 (Italy) | |
| Season ending latest in the year | 29 December | 1962 (South Africa) | |
| Coldest race (air temperature) | 5 °C | 1978 Canadian Grand Prix | [42] |
| Hottest race (air temperature) | 42.5 °C | 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix | [43] |
| Highest Grand Prix attendance (race weekend) | 520,000 | 1995 Australian Grand Prix | [44] |
| Highest Grand Prix attendance (race) | 250,000 | 2000 United States Grand Prix | [45] |
| Lowest Grand Prix attendance (race weekend and race) | 0 | 2020 Austrian Grand Prix 2020 Styrian Grand Prix 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 British Grand Prix 70th Anniversary Grand Prix 2020 Spanish Grand Prix 2020 Belgian Grand Prix 2020 Italian Grand Prix 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2020 Turkish Grand Prix 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix 2021 Spanish Grand Prix 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Grands Prix held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic) |
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