11 weird things that only happened once in F1

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  @WeAreTheRace · 4 years ago · pinned

  Hi all, we're fixing our Stroll/Verstappen error and advised Edd on the laws of time travel.

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  @o_vg6163 · 4 years ago

  A race that started with 1 car on the grid, all others in the pits.<br><br>Yes, I&apos;m looking at you Hamilton

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  @TheSharpoint1 · 4 years ago

  Single Car race restart - Lewis Hamilton Hungary 2021<br><br>That was so wild to see, and Crofty&apos;s commentary there is iconic <br>&quot;And it&apos;s lights out and away we go for Lewis Hamilton only!&quot;

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  @reptongeek · 4 years ago

  Another thing that only happened once. The three podium finishers were the only cars to take the chequered flag at Monaco in 1996

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• OX

  @oxfordsparky · 4 years ago

  When Max started he beat the youngest ever driver record by almost 2 years, not almost 1 year, according to your list the youngest ever driver at that point was Jaime Alguersuari at 19 years and 125 days compared to Max&apos;s 17 years and 166 days. &nbsp;Lance Stroll might be the next youngest but he started 2 years later.

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  @tomwilliams4169 · 4 years ago

  One unique event in f1 that I think should have been mentioned was the 1954 British grand prix - then, as now, there was an extra point on offer for fastest lap- but with mechanical stopwatches, laps were only measured to the nearest whole second. At this race, 7 drivers set a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSVqq95CLQ&amp;t=110">1:50</a>, meaning 7 drivers each got 1/7 of a point.<br><br>This also meant that Mike Hawthorn finished the season with 24 &nbsp;and 9/14 points

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  @C5h3r0i5s3c · 1 year ago

  Kimi Antonelli has entered the chat

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  @prasannabaruah3732 · 4 years ago

  1997 European GP at Jerez, 3 drivers (Schumacher, Villeneuve and frentzen) doing the exact same qualifying time... <br>Should have included that bit..

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  @owl-arm7545 · 4 years ago

  McLaren finished 1-2 at the US West GP in 1983 after starting 22nd and 23rd

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• CA

  @cat_03tv · 4 years ago (edited)

  Ya forgot that one time a german driver (whose name I&apos;ve forgotten) pit started into a race he hadn&apos;t qualified for. The race in question was one on the Hockenheimring in 1977 (IIRC), and said driver hadn&apos;t qualified to race. He still went out onto the track after the grid starters had passed the pit exit, as normal in a regular pit start, and unbelievably not a single steward noticed the bright yellow car he was driving until about lap five or so when he retired due to an engine failure. That&apos;s how he made the only triple of DNQ, DNF and DSQ. He got banned from F1 with that move

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• EV

  @EVENo94 · 4 years ago

  To be fair for Luca Badoer, when he raced it was only top 6 who scored a points. His best finish was 8th. In that case Marcus Ericsson beat his record with 97 starts and also best result was 8th.

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  @SiVlog1989 · 4 years ago

  Verstappen broke Jaime Alguersuari&apos;s record as youngest ever Grand Prix driver set in Hungary 2009. Lance Stroll became the second youngest in Australia 2017

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