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MRC F1 World Series II - Driver Records and Curiosities!

Hello again! Leading to race #250 of the F1 World Series, we now take a look of some of the driver records and curiosities.

Do you know which are the only teammates to finish in the top2 spots in the championship? That and much more right here!

RECORDS

- Most Titles - Philippe de St. Germain Jr. (5); A. Acarini (2), R. Rapido (2) and R. Grosjean Jr. (2)

- Most Wins - P. St.Germain Jr (48); R. Grosjean Jr. (38); R. Rapido and P. Grandi (32)

- Most Podiums - P. St.Germain Jr (104)

- Most Points - 2451 - P. St Germain Jr.

- Most Points in a Season - 397 - R. Grosjean Jr (S17)

- Most Wins in a Season - 11 - R. Grosjean Jr (S17)

- Most Podiums in a Season - 17 - R. Grosjean Jr (S17)

- Most Consecutive Titles - 5 - P. St Germain Jr.

- Most Poles - 120 - P. St. Germain Jr

- Most Poles in a Season - 18 - P. St. Germain Jr (S14)


CURIOSITIES

- Total number of Drivers - 103

- Number of Nationalities - 31

- Countries with the Most Drivers - Russia and Italy (10)

- Country with Most Championships - France (7)

- Most Seasons in F1 - Di Rado (11); Romadov and Grandi (10)

- Oldest Driver - Romadov (39 - S21)

- A. Acarini won the first 2 titles. He is also the youngest champion ever at 25.

- P. St Germain Jr.'s 1st title in S11 came in dramatic fashion. He won the last race of the season and stunned defending champion Acarini by just 1p. It's closest ever championship.

- P. Grandi finished 6 times in the championship podium but never won a championship.

- Just 4 countries have won the drivers championship: France (7), Italy (2), Switzerland (2) and Russia (1)

- France is the only country with 2 different champions: P. St Germain Jr. and R. Grosjean Jr.

- Swiss champion Rocco Rapido is only driver ever from Switzerland in the F1 World Series.

- Of the 103 drivers that have raced in F1, 36 failed to score a point.

- P. St Germain and Novikov are the only defending champions that failed to finish in the podium in the following season.

- After winning his 1st title in S16, R Grosjean Jr has never finished worst than 2nd overall.

- P. St Germain is the oldest driver ever to win a championship. He was 34 when he won his 5th consecutive title (S15).

- In S17, R. Grosjean Jr. won his 2nd title by 76p over R. Rapido. That's the largest gap between the top 2.

- The drivers with the most wins in the season has always been crowned champion.

- Novikov (Jordan) is the only driver to be crowned champion in a team that has never won a constructor's title.

- A. Acarini and A. Botta (S09) are the only teammates to EVER finish 1-2 in the championship standings (OMR).

See you soon!