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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]
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [2]
In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some racing series, like Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula E award championship points for a driver or team that set the fastest lap. In Grand Prix motorcycle racing no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Giacomo Agostini holds the current record for the most fastest laps ...
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest Formula One lap ever to grab pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, nudging Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas into second place by just 0.069 seconds on Saturday.
The 1971 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 5 September 1971. It was race 9 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. [2] This race featured the closest finish in Formula One history, as Peter Gethin beat Ronnie Peterson by 0.01 seconds. [3]
The 1971 race was the fastest Formula One race ever at that point in time. It was really just a bunch of straights and fast corners and F1 cars had become increasingly advanced and much faster, and the drivers were constantly slipstreaming each other around the circuit.
The team also has 10 fastest laps to its name and has won three sprint races so far, with Verstappen second in the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix. Red Bull has somehow built upon its 2022 car ...
After the race, Hamilton said: “I have definitely never seen a car so fast. Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull's new car is the "fastest" he's ever seen in Formula 1. The Mercedes driver finished in ...