The Numbers game

[Fenderman]

55 - Oldest driver to start an F1 race - Louis Chiron (55 years and 292 days)
'55 - 1955 the year he did it at Monaco.

'55 - 2nd oldest to start an f1 race - Philippe Erancelin (55 years and 191 days) at the 1952 French GP

 

[Jos the Boss]

56- Percent of wins in Mansell's championship year

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

57. The combined number of pole positions for Lewis Hamilton, Sebastain Vettel, Giancarlo Fisichella and Nico Hulkenberg.

LH - 21
SV - 31
GF - 4
NH - 1

 

[tooncheese]

58 - Race entries by Luca Badoer

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

59. Number of Podiums scored by Nigel Mansell .

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

60. The number of laps around Silverstone before it was upgraded. Now we're only treat to 52.

 

[Fenderman]

'61 - First year US GP held at Watkins Glen
61 - number of F1 races held at Monza (to date)

 

[Johnny Carwash]

62- The lap number Keke Rosberg retired on in his last race in F1 at the 1986 Austrialian GP.

 

[tooncheese]

63 - Including occasions when he withdrew before the event, the number of times Luca Badoer has entered a race

 

[Jos the Boss]

64- Points for Vitaly Petrov

 

[Fenderman]

'65 - The Prince George circuit East London, South Africa - hosted the earliest F1 GP season opener on 1st January1965. Jim Clark won the 85 lapper in his Lotus-Climax ahead of John Surtees (Ferrari) and Graham Hill (BRM).

South Africa did it again at Kyalami on 1st Jan 1968. Jim Clark (Lotus) won again this time ahead of Graham Hill (Lotus) and Jochen Rindt (Brabham).

What's that? History repeats itself? Sometimes, apparently.

 

[teabagyokel]

66 - the only year after his first win to his death that Jimmy Clark failed to win the British GP

 

[Galahad]

67 - Alan Jones' points total in his championship winning season of 1980.

 

[teabagyokel]

68 - Michael Schumacher's pole positions (a record!)

 

[Olivier]

'69 - The season when (Sir) Jackie Stewart crushed the opposition and got his 1st championship

 

[Fenderman]

70 :

70% of the pole positions in a season - Jim Clark - 1963
70% of the race wins in a season - Jim Clark - 1963
70 race laps of the longest ever F1 GP - Canada 2011 - 4 hours, 4 mininutes and 39.537 seconds.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

71- Points for Derek Warwick.

 

[Josh]

72 - Aguri Suzuki's longest interval between points (USA 1991 - Germany 1995)

 

[Jos the Boss]

73- Points finishes for Lewis Hamilton

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

74 - the year and the 2nd and last time Emerson Fittipladi won the WDC.