Verstappen looks to set the longest pole streak in almost a decade, Norris equals Hamilton’s total McLaren starts and will a driver finally convert pole to a win in Miami? Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix!
THE 2024 MIAMI GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2024 Miami Grand Prix will be the 1,107th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 77th time that Formula 1 has raced in the United States. It will be the third Miami Grand Prix held at Miami International Autodrome since the event was first held in 2022.
The second of six Sprint events in the 2024 season will take place at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. With a Sprint having also taken place at the last race, this is the second time that there have been Sprint events at consecutive rounds of the World Championship, after the 2023 United States and Qatar Grands Prix.
Lando Norris makes his 110th start with McLaren this weekend, equalling Lewis Hamilton as the driver to have made the fourth most starts with the team.
Sergio Perez makes his 72nd start with Red Bull this weekend, overtaking David Coulthard as the driver to have made the fifth most appearances with the team.
Zhou Guanyu makes his 50th race start at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
The 2024 Miami Grand Prix will be the third Formula 1 race to take place on May 5. Both previous races on this date took place at Imola, in 1985 and 1996.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
Max Verstappen has taken pole position at all of the last six races. If he takes pole again at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, it will be only the sixth time in Formula 1 that a driver has taken seven successive poles. Only Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have previously taken as many as seven consecutive poles.
A pole for Max Verstappen at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix would make him only the fourth driver to take pole at all of the first six races of the year – and he’d be the first to do so in 32 years. The other drivers who took pole at all of the first six races of the year are Ayrton Senna (1988), Nigel Mansell (1992) and Alain Prost (1993).
A podium finish for Max Verstappen would be his 103rd top three finish, equalling Kimi Raikkonen for sixth on the list of most podium finishes in F1 history.
If Max Verstappen wins the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, he will become only the second driver to have won all of the first three races at a circuit in Formula 1 history. The only other driver to have done so is Sebastian Vettel, who won all three races at Buddh International Circuit between 2011 and 2013.
A victory for either Red Bull driver would mark only the eighth time that a single team has taken victory in all of the first three races at a venue. The last team to do so were Mercedes, at Sochi Autodrom between 2014 and 2016.
The polesitter is yet to win the Miami Grand Prix. If the polesitter fails to win the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, Miami International Autodrome will become only the sixth circuit at which none of the first three Grands Prix at a venue were won from pole, after Anderstorp, Imola, Jarama, Korea International Circuit and Montjuic. The record for most races at a track before the polesitter first won is eight: no polesitters won from pole at Imola until the ninth World Championship race at the track.
Miami International Autdrome is one of three circuits on this year’s F1 calendar – along with Zandvoort and Las Vegas Strip Circuit – at which Lewis Hamilton has never previously won. A victory for Hamilton at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix would see Hamilton extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has won to 32.
The Miami Grand Prix is one of three on this year’s calendar – along with the Dutch and Las Vegas Grands Prix – at which Lewis Hamilton has never previously taken pole position. A pole at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix would see Hamilton extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has taken pole to 33.
Along with the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Miami Grand Prix is one of only two current races at which Lewis Hamilton has never finished on the podium. A top three result at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix would see him extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has finished in the top three to 36.
A win for Max Verstappen at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix would be his seventh victory in the United States. That would make him only the third driver, after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, to have taken as many as seven victories in a single country. He’d also overtake Hamilton as the driver to have won the most F1 races on American soil.
Max Verstappen has never previously taken pole position at the Miami Grand Prix. If he does so in 2024, Miami International Autodrome would become the 22nd different circuit at which Verstappen has secured a pole. It would see him equal Alain Prost for third on the list of most circuits at which a driver has secured a pole position.
Max Verstappen has led at least one lap in all of the last 12 Grands Prix. Should he lead a lap again at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, it would be the seventh time that a driver has led laps in 13 consecutive Grands Prix. It would also make this the longest streak of races led in Verstappen’s career to date.
A win from pole position for Max Verstappen would mark the 32nd time that Verstappen has won a Grand Prix from pole. That would see him overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most wins from pole.
At the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen joined Fernando Alonso as only the second driver to have won races from nine different grid positions. Either driver could become the first to win from ten different grid positions, while Lewis Hamilton could equal the existing record.
Nico Hulkenberg makes his 209th race start with weekend. Unless he wins the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, he will overtake Andrea de Cesaris at the top of the list of drivers who’ve started the most races without ever taking victory.
If Max Verstappen leads every lap of the race, he will overtake Jim Clark for fourth in the list of most races led from start to end. It would be the 14th time he has done so in his career.
A points finish for a French driver would make 2024 the 70th season in which a French driver has scored. Only two other nations have scored points in 70 seasons: Britain and Germany.
A 1-2 finish for Mercedes would make them the second team, after Ferrari, to record 60 1-2 finishes in Formula 1. Ferrari reached the milestone at the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
A points finish for Logan Sargeant would make the United States the 12th country to score 1,000 points in World Championship history.
A front row start for Oscar Piastri would make this the 100th Grand Prix at which an Australian driver has lined up on the front row of the grid.
Should Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo score 27 points between them, Australia will become the seventh nation to have scored 3,000 points in Formula 1.
Lando Norris already holds the record for the most podium finishes without a win. Another second or third place finish would make Norris the first driver in F1 history to finish on the podium 16 times without winning. Patrick Depailler, Jean Alesi, Mika Hakkinen and Eddie Irvine – who recorded the most podium finishes before their first win – all recorded their first victory on their 16th podium appearance.
McLaren are currently on their longest double Q3 appearance streak in 12 years. If both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri reach Q3 at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, it would be the first time that the team has reached Q3 with both cars at seven races in a row since their streak of 11 consecutive double Q3 appearances between the 2011 Italian Grand Prix and the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix.
CAN LECLERC CONVERT A POLE TO A WIN?
Pole position for a Ferrari driver would mark the 250th pole position for a Ferrari car in Formula 1 history.
A pole position for Charles Leclerc would see him overtake Niki Lauda as the driver to have taken the second-most pole positions with Ferrari. Only Michael Schumacher has taken more poles at Ferrari than Lauda and Leclerc.
Charles Leclerc has failed to convert all of his last 12 pole positions into wins. Should he take pole and fail to win again this weekend, he would equal the record for most successive poles without a win. Rene Arnoux currently holds the record, having failed to convert any of the first 13 poles of his career into victories.
If Charles Leclerc takes pole position and fails to win, it would be the 20th time that he has done so in his Formula 1 career. That would see him overtake Nelson Piquet for fifth in the list of most failed pole to win conversions.
A podium finish for Charles Leclerc would mark his 33rd top three finish with Ferrari. That would see him equal Niki Lauda as the driver to have taken the seventh most podium finishes with the Scuderia.
If Charles Leclerc scores a point in the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, it would make Monaco the 19th nation to have scored a point in 100 Grands Prix.
THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX RECORDS TO BREAK
No driver other than Max Verstappen has won the Miami Grand Prix so far in its history. He could extend the consecutive win record at the track to three this weekend, or another driver could become the second to win at Miami International Autodrome.
Max Verstappen currently holds the record for most podiums at the Miami Grand Prix. His record could be equalled at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix by Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso or Sergio Perez.
The Netherlands and Spain are tied as the nations with the most podium finishes at the Miami Grand Prix. Either nation could set a new outright record this weekend.
2024 MIAMI GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez are currently tied as the drivers with the most poles at the Miami Grand Prix, with one each. Either driver could become the first to record multiple poles at the track. Likewise, Ferrari or Red Bull could become the first team to record multiple poles here.
LONGEVITY RECORDS FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A victory for Lewis Hamilton at any race in 2024 would see him overtake Michael Schumacher as the driver to have won at least one race in the most Formula 1 seasons. Both Schumacher and Hamilton have won races in 15 different Formula 1 seasons.
A podium finish for Lewis Hamilton at any race in 2024 would make him the third oldest British driver to finish on the Formula 1 podium. He currently sits fourth in the list, behind Nigel Mansell, Graham Hill and Reg Parnell.
A Fastest Lap for Lewis Hamilton would make him the first driver to have set a Fastest Lap in 17 Formula 1 seasons. A Fastest Lap would also see Hamilton equal Schumacher’s record for most consecutive seasons in which a driver has set the Fastest Lap in a Grand Prix. Schumacher set at least one Fastest Lap in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a Fastest Lap every year since 2010.
A Fastest Lap for Lewis Hamilton would see him set a new record for most Fastest Laps with a single team. He is currently tied with Michael Schumacher, having set 53 Fastest Laps with Mercedes. Schumacher took 53 Fastest Laps with Ferrari during his tenure at the team.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any Grand Prix in 2024 would make him the oldest driver to win a Grand Prix since Jack Brabham at the 1970 South African Grand Prix.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso would see him overtake Alain Prost as the driver to have taken the fourth-most podiums in Formula 1 history.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso would make him the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to record podium finishes in 15 different Formula 1 seasons.
Pole position at any race for Fernando Alonso in 2024 would make him the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.
If Fernando Alonso leads a lap of any race in 2024, he would become the first driver to have led Formula 1 races over a period longer than 20 years. Alonso first led a Grand Prix in Malaysia in 2003. He most recently led at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, just a week short of the 20th anniversary of him leading a lap for the first time in Formula 1.
