The Canadian Grand Prix is eagerly awaited for many reasons. The double DRS zone and the Pirelli tyres are expected to make the action very interesting. However, here’s a quick look back at a few interesting statistics from the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix.
- Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 Monaco GP win was the 15th of career (from 68 starts), with 20 poles and 25 podiums
- Sebastian Vettel is now 14th in most wins table alongside Lewis Hamilton
- Sebastian Vettel is 10th in most poles tally with Fernando Alonso and Damon Hill with 20 poles
- In Monaco, Red Bull Racing scored their 26th pole and 20th win since Formula1 debut
- David Coulthard scored Red Bull’s 1st ever F1 podiun in Monaco in 2006
- Total pit stops in Monaco – 43 (first stop was by Michael Schumacher on the 12th lap; last by Nick Heidfeld on the 69th lap)
- Mark Webber registered his 165th start; now stands 20th in most race starts table
- Sebatian Vettel’s win percentage improved to 22.1% (16th place in table), Lewis Hamilton 17th with 19.5%, Fernando Alonso 20th with 15.8%
- Mark Webber’s fastest lap in Monaco was 10th of his career and 4th of the season so far
- Drivers managed to complete 1,604 laps at Monaco out of possible 1,794 (with 23 drivers)
- Only Red Bull and Mclaren have completed all possible laps this season
- Laps completed so far: 7,892 out of possible 8,734 (excluding HRT’s Australian GP DNQ and Sergio Perez in Monaco, but including Timo Glock’s 0 laps in Turkey as he qualified for race, but had a gear box problem)
- Proposed laps in 2011: 8,928
- Force India’s Paul di Resta is best rookie so far in terms of reliability having completed 354 laps out of 372 so far
- After 6 races, the 2011 season has seen 140 starts from a proposed 144 starts; only 115 finishes out of possible 144
- Total pit stops in 2011: 365
Statistics Courtesy: Hiral Saha