Formula One statistics for the Belgian Grand Prix

Formula One statistics for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, round 14 of the 24-race championship and last before the August break:

Lap distance: 7.004km. Total distance: 308.052km (44 laps)

2023 pole position: Charles Leclerc (Monaco), Ferrari, one minute 46.988 seconds*

2023 race winner: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull Race lap record: 1:46.286, Valtteri Bottas (Finland, Mercedes 2018)

Start time: 1300GMT (1500 local)

*Verstappen qualified fastest but dropped five places due to a gearbox change.

BELGIUM

There is no Belgian driver on the starting grid but Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris have Belgian mothers.

Verstappen, who is chasing a fourth successive Belgian GP victory, was born in Belgium.

The 2021 race was Formula One's shortest, lasting three laps due to heavy rain after starting from the pitlane behind the safety car. Half-points were awarded.

This year's will be the 69th Belgian Grand Prix and 57th at Spa. Eleven of the last 22 have been won from pole position.

Spa is the longest lap in F1 and one of the fastest, with an average speed of around 230kph. Cars can hit 315kph at Blanchimont.

Four current drivers have won at Spa: Lewis Hamilton (2010, 2015, 2017, 2020), Daniel Ricciardo (2014), Leclerc (2019), Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023).

Michael Schumacher won a record six times at Spa, including from 16th on the grid in a wet 1995 race.

CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Verstappen has led the championship for a record 52 successive races dating back to Spain in May 2022 and arrives in Hungary 76 points clear of Norris.

Red Bull are 51 points clear of McLaren.

WINS

Hungary was McLaren's 49th one-two win.

Four teams -- Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes -- have won a race this season, the most since 2021 when Red Bull, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren won.

Seven different drivers have also triumphed, the most in a single season since 2012 when there were eight.

Red Bull have had three races without a win, the champions' longest such run since 2021. Verstappen last went four races without a win in 2020.

Verstappen has won seven of 13, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz triumphant in Melbourne, Norris in Miami, Leclerc in Monaco, Mercedes's George Russell in Spain, Mercedes' Hamilton in Britain and McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Hungary.

Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren have won with both drivers, unlike Red Bull.

Seven times world champion Hamilton has a record 104 career victories from 345 starts. His win at Silverstone was his first since 2021 and ended a run of 56 races without a win -- a wait of 945 days in total.

Red Bull have won 120 races and are fourth in the all-time list of winners. Ferrari lead with 245, McLaren have 185 and Mercedes 127.

Verstappen has won 61 grands prix and is third on the all-time list. Michael Schumacher is second on 91.

POLE POSITION

Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent a year ago in Hungary.

Verstappen has had eight poles so far this year. That includes the first seven of the season, equalling Alain Prost's 1993 record, and eight in a row including the last race of 2023 -- equalling Ayrton Senna's 1988-89 record.

Leclerc took pole in Monaco and Russell was fastest in Canada and Britain. Norris took the top spot in Spain and Hungary.

PODIUMS

Verstappen has 107 career podiums, Hamilton a record 200.

Verstappen has been on the podium nine times this season, Norris eight, Leclerc and Sainz five each.

MILESTONE

Sunday's win in Hungary was Piastri's first in Formula One, and it also made him the sport's first winner born in the 21st century and the fifth Australian to triumph.

Piastri is also the 115th driver to win a grand prix.

Hamilton took his 200th F1 podium appearance. REUTERS