Daniel Valente 🏎️
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🚨 The 2025 Spa Stat Pack is now live. This includes: • Historical facts about this iconic track & GP • Trends from the 2025 season • A ton of stats about your favourite drivers Thanks for all the support. Share and subscribe for free if you enjoy 👇 open.substack.com/pub/f1guydan/p…
The only driver who completed a qualifying lap under 2 minutes in the rain at Spa in 2021? Max Verstappen. Here’s his pole lap.
☔️ Lance Stroll has scored 18 of his 20 points in the wet this season 🇦🇺- 8 points 🇺🇸- 4 points (sprint) 🇬🇧- 6 points Wet-weather specialist.
🌧️ Lando Norris qualifying in the wet at Spa in 2021 Q1: Fastest by 0.416s to P2 Q2: Fastest by 0.204s to P2 Q3: Crashed Before the crash, Lando looked like he had the pace to be on pole in the rain.
🏆 Kimi Antonelli's first taste of Spa came in 2022 when he drove 6 races there in Italian F4 & ADAC F4. He won 5 of the 6 races. ADAC F4 at Spa: P1, P1, P4 Italian F4 at Spa: P1, P1, P1. The perfect place to get his season back on track.
😳 Lewis Hamilton's career stats at Spa: • 5 wins • 6 poles (track record) • 11 podiums (track record) • 2.23 average finishing position • Has never had a finish worse than 4th • Has started in the top 4 in 8 straight years • Has a 50% rate of starting on front row
🗓️ 2 years ago today, Max Verstappen won the 2023 Hungarian GP by just over 33 seconds. It was the largest margin of victory of the season. Memories of Rocky & the RB19.
I have heard all the criticism about me allegedly jinxing drivers. I think it’s only fair to open this to the public then & let the people decide. Who should I jinx next?
📖 History Lesson: Max Verstappen’s first time ever racing at Spa was in F3 in 2014. Max won all 3 races at the track. It was the first time that season a driver won all 3 races in a weekend. Been dominant there for while.
📊 Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris have very similar seasons if you split 2025 in 2 halves. First 6 GPs Piastri: 131 pts, 4 wins, 2 poles Norris: 115 pts, 1 win, 1 pole Previous 6 GPs Piastri: 103 pts, 1 win, 2 poles Norris: 111 pts, 3 wins, 2 poles Does this match the narrative?
