Analysis
Changes
Record lists look settled, and they are not. When did each record last move – and who is closest to it right now?
- As at Singapore 2026
- 11 October 2026
- Round 17 of 23
- 6 races remaining
Recently fallen
To break a record you must first equal it – so each broken record carries the date it was equalled, often weeks earlier.
- 2 October 2022Singapore 2022brokenMost starts
Fernando Alonso moves clear with 351 starts – Kimi Räikkönen no longer shares it.
Equalled on 11 September 2022 at Italy 2022, 21 days earlier.
350 → 351 · Fernando Alonso · stands today at 443
- 25 October 2020Portugal 2020brokenMost wins
Lewis Hamilton moves clear with 92 wins – Michael Schumacher no longer shares it.
Equalled on 11 October 2020 at Eifel 2020, 14 days earlier.
91 → 92 · Lewis Hamilton · stands today at 106
- 27 September 2020Russia 2020brokenMost starts
Kimi Räikkönen moves clear with 323 starts – Rubens Barrichello no longer shares it.
Equalled on 13 September 2020 at Tuscany 2020, 14 days earlier.
322 → 323 · Kimi Räikkönen · stands today at 443
- 16 August 2020Spain 2020brokenMost podiums
Lewis Hamilton moves clear with 156 podiums – Michael Schumacher no longer shares it.
Equalled on 9 August 2020 at 70th Anniversary 2020, 7 days earlier.
155 → 156 · Lewis Hamilton · stands today at 208
- 8 October 2017Japan 2017brokenMost pole positions
Lewis Hamilton moves clear with 70 pole positions – Michael Schumacher no longer shares it.
Equalled on 1 October 2017 at Malaysia 2017, 7 days earlier.
69 → 70 · Lewis Hamilton · stands today at 104
Currently being extended
A record holder who is still racing adds to it in every successful race – gathered here as one gain rather than one entry per race.
| Record | Holder | Gain | Extending since | Most recently |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most starts | Fernando Alonso | 351 → 443in 92 steps | Japan 2022 | Singapore 2026 |
| Most podiums | Lewis Hamilton | 156 → 208in 52 steps | Belgium 2020 | Bahrain 2026 |
| Most wins by a team | Ferrari | 224 → 250in 26 steps | Australia 2017 | Great Britain 2026 |
| Most wins | Lewis Hamilton | 92 → 106in 14 steps | Emilia Romagna 2020 | Barcelona-Catalunya 2026 |
| Most pole positions by a team | Ferrari | 208 → 250in 42 steps | Russia 2017 | Hungary 2025 |
| Most pole positions | Lewis Hamilton | 70 → 104in 34 steps | United States 2017 | Hungary 2023 |
Still within reach this season
Not a projection but arithmetic: this many successes are needed, this many races remain. Anything already ruled out never appears here.
- Fastest laps in a season
Kimi Antonelli7 fastest laps
Record 10 – Michael Schumacher 2004
4 more needed to break it, with 6 races remaining.
Closest to the all-time records
The nearest challenger to each record. The gap is a fact; the projection beside it is not – it carries forward the strike rate of the past three seasons.
| Driver | Record | Has | To equal | At this rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton41 years old | Most starts443 · Fernando Alonso – still racing, so the record keeps growing | 397 | 47 | 47 races≈ 2 seasons – aged 44 by then |
| Max Verstappen29 years old | Most wins106 · Lewis Hamilton – still racing, so the record keeps growing | 73 | 34 | 117 races≈ 5.1 seasons – aged 34 by then |
| Max Verstappen29 years old | Most podiums208 · Lewis Hamilton – still racing, so the record keeps growing | 136 | 73 | 125 races≈ 5.4 seasons – aged 34 by then |
| Lewis Hamilton41 years old | Most fastest laps77 · Michael Schumacher | 69 | 9 | 147 races≈ 6.4 seasons – aged 48 by then |
| Max Verstappen29 years old | Most pole positions104 · Lewis Hamilton – still racing, so the record keeps growing | 54 | 51 | 166 races≈ 7.2 seasons – aged 36 by then |
Highlighted: the record could fall at the next race.
Active streaks
Streaks still running at the driver's last start. Missing a race does not break one.
| Driver | Streak | Length | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Consecutive podiums | 5 | 19Michael Schumacher · 15 more to the record |
| Isack Hadjar | Consecutive races in the points | 10 | 54Lewis Hamilton · 45 more to the record |
| Kimi Antonelli | Consecutive races in the points | 8 | 54Lewis Hamilton · 47 more to the record |
| Max Verstappen | Consecutive races in the points | 5 | 54Lewis Hamilton · 50 more to the record |
How this is worked out
The history of every record is derived from the results themselves: all 1,166 races held since 1950 are walked through in chronological order, and after each one we know whether the top mark has moved. There is no curated list of record dates that anyone could forget to update.
Counting is by starts, not by entries. That shifts individual dates away from the record books, which often count entries. Räikkönen, for instance, reached Barrichello's 322 starts at Mugello in 2020 and passed him two races later at Sochi – his 326thentry, the mark usually quoted, did not fall until the Eifel Grand Prix. Both statements are correct; they count different things.
A projection is not a prediction. It takes the strike rate of the past three seasons and carries it forward. A driver with too few starts in that window, or no success of that kind at all, gets no number – "infinitely many races" would be false precision. Where the record is held by a driver who is still racing, it keeps growing while the challenger closes in; that is noted on the relevant row.
The all-time points table is deliberately absent. The scoring systems have changed more than a dozen times – a record of that kind mostly measures the system.
The full lists are under Records, and the next race under Next race.