Random Formula One World Records I

Alberto Ascari in his Ferrari in the 50's.

I promised you a random Formula One World Records post for today.
Please note that these records were made before the date 13.8.2013. So let's begin!

This first time I shall focus on the "older" guys.

• The longest F1 career: Michael Schumacher - 21 years
• Most GP weekends: Rubens Barrichello - 326 (322 starts)
• Oldest F1 driver to enter a race: Louis Chiron - 58 years, 288 days (Monaco GP 1958)
• Oldest F1 driver to start a race: Louis Chiron - 55 years, 292 days (Monaco GP 1955)
• Oldest GP winner: Luigi Fagioli - 53 years, 22 days (French GP 1961)
• Most races before first victory in F1: Mark Webber - 130th race (German GP 2009)
• Most GP's without a victory in F1: Andrea de Cesaris - 214 weekends and 208 starts
• Most GP victories without a championship: Stirling Moss - 16 victories
• Most pole positions: Michael Schumacher - 68 poles in 308 entries (1991-2012). Ayrton Senna is on second place but his percentage is better than Schumacher's.
• Best pole position percentage: Juan Manuel Fangio - 29 poles in 52 races = 55.77% (1950-1958)
• Most victories in Formula One: Michael Schumacher - 91 victories
• Best victory percentage in Formula One: Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 victories in 52 races = 46.15%
• Highest victory percentage in a season: Alberto Ascari in 1952 - 6 victories in 8 races = 75%
• Most consecutive victories: Alberto Ascari - 9 races although some people say that it is only 7 because Ascari won 7 GP's and did not participate in the Indianapolis500 but won the 2 following races after that.
• Most consecutive victories at the same grand prix: Ayrton Senna - 5 times in Monaco
• Most consecutive pole positions in Formula One: Ayrton Senna and Schumacher - 8 pole positions
• Oldest driver on pole position: Nino Farina - 47 years, 79 days in 1954 (Argentine GP)
• Most pole positions by drivers that have not won the championship: Rene Arnoux - 18 pole positions
• Total of fastest laps: Michael Schumacher - in 77 races
• Highest percentage of fastest laps in a season: Alberto Ascari - 6 of 8 races = 75% in 1952
• Most fastest laps at the same grand prix: Michael Schumacher - 7 at the Spanish Grand Prix
• Most fastest laps by drivers that have not won the championship: Gerhard Berger - 21 fastest laps
• Total podiums: Michael Schumacher - 155 times on the podium
• World champions with fewest career points - Phil Hill with 98 points

I think that here is enough for a little while for you to think about. Maybe I shall post some more statistics and records tomorrow.