5.4.07

F1 stats for Malaysian GP


Hamilton
Briton Lewis Hamilton's third place for McLaren in the Australian season-opener made him the first rookie since Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in 1996 to stand on the podium after his first Grand Prix.


The 22-year-old was also the 55th to score points on his debut.
The last driver to win a race in his rookie season was Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya with Williams in Italy in 2001.


Race wins
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen claimed his 10th victory in Melbourne. That elevated him to third in the list of most successful current drivers, behind Alonso (15) and Briton David Coulthard (13).


Ferrari's now-retired seven times champion Michael Schumacher holds the record of 91 wins.
Raikkonen has twice before won two races in a row - in 2005 when he triumphed in Spain and then Monaco before wins in Hungary and Turkey.


Ferrari last won the opening two races of the season with Schumacher in 2004. Raikkonen had never before started a season with a win.


The last Ferrari driver to lead the championship was Schumacher, last season.


Constructors
Raikkonen's victory dashed Renault's hopes of a hat-trick of season-opening wins.


The French team won in Melbourne in 2005 with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella and in Bahrain in 2006 with Alonso.


Renault have also won in Malaysia for the past two seasons.


McLaren have not won a race since October 2005, when Raikkonen triumphed for them in Japan. Williams's last victory was with Montoya in Brazil in October 2004.


Ferrari have now won 193 races, McLaren 148 and Williams 113. Renault have won 33. Two teams, Super Aguri and Spyker, have yet to score points in F1.


Malaysia
Ferrari have the best record in Malaysia since the first race at Sepang in 1999. The Italian team have won there four times.


Alex Yoong is the only Malaysian driver to have raced in F1.


Milestone
Red Bull's Coulthard, the oldest driver on the F1 starting grid, has celebrated his 36th birthday since the Melbourne season-opener.


(wheels24)

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