Japan GP: all the numbers of an F1 classic
This weekend the 39th edition of the Japanese event will be played. The pandemia cut them uninterrupted that had begun in 1987.
Suzuka will receive Formula 1 again this weekend, for the third date of the 76th Formula 1 season. The track nestled in the Mie prefecture, 60 kilometers from Nagoya, is the one that had the category most times. Here, a review of the historic numbers of the World Cup in Japan.
34 Sometimes the Suzuka circuit visited F1. The remaining four races were held in Fuji (1976-1977-2007-2008).
13 The occasions in which the World Cup was defined in Japan. Of course, he occupied a later hole in the calendar. There they were champions: James Hunt, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna (three times), Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Mika Häkkinen (two), Michael Schumacher (two), Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
6 Triumphs got Michael Schumacher in the Japan GP and is the one that celebrated the most times in the country. Lewis Hamilton, with five, follows and is the most winning activity. The English and Fernando Alonso are the only ones who celebrated on the two tracks that were used in Japan.
9 The victories of McLaren, the most winning team in Japan. Ferrari and Red Bull follow him with seven.
11 Successes adds the Mercedes engine in Japan, the most effective of all. Renault March second, with ten.
8 Pole Positions got Michael Schumacher in Japan and leads the ranking. Sebastian Vettel was second, with five, and Lewis Hamilton, with four. Only English and Max Verstappen are the active pilots who won the Japanese classification.
9 Sometimes Michael Schumacher went up to the Japanese podium and commands the historical list. This weekend can tie Hamilton. Verstappen accumulates six.
27 Podios achieved McLaren, the team that took most from Japan. Ferrari adds 25 and Red Bull, 17.
309 Michael Schumacher led in Japan and also commands the item. Hamilton follows it with 236.
162,296 Kilometers were toured in the 2022 Japan GP, the fifth with the lowest extension of the history of Formula 1. The rain forced to delay the start and ended for time. A fact: chaparrones are announced for this Sunday.
1 Pilot achieved in Japan his first victory in F1. It was Alessandro Nannini, in 1989, with Benetton. It would be the only success of Italian in the category.
10 Cars finished the editions of 1989, 1990 and 2002 of the Japan GP. They were the appointments with the least number of pilots in the finish line.
1 Mario Andretti turned back to his escort Patrick Depailler to win the 1976 edition. That difference is only surpassed by Spain 1969 and Australia 1995, whose victors took two turns to the second.
344 Thousands were the difference for which Gerhard Berger beat Ayrton Senna in the 1991 Japan GP. The Brazilian built on the last round to let his McLaren partner win. Figure in history as the 26th smallest gap between first and second.
