10 minutes ago, Dobbo said:

Must be the first ever wet race to have zero retirements?

Unless you include 2021 at Spa.

I tend to banish branding that joke a "race"

I looked into this. These are the only races with no DNFs

Even if you discount Belgium 2021 there's still Turkey. This also highlights the ridiculous reliability since the mid 2010's compared to previous years.

1. 1961 Dutch GP

2. 2005 US GP (14 DNS though)

3. 2005 Italian GP

4. 2011 European GP

5. 2015 Japanese GP

6. 2016 Chinese GP

7. 2016 Japanese GP

8. 2018 Chinese GP

9. 2019 Austrian GP

10. 2021 French GP

11. 2021 Belgian GP (Wet 'race')

12. 2021 Turkish GP (Intermittent rain)

13. 2022 Hungarian GP (Bottas retired on lap 65 but classified as 20th - drizzle and light rain at the end)

14. 2023 Miami GP

15. 2023 Spanish GP

16. 2023 Abu Dhabi GP (Sainz retired lap 57 but classified 18th)

17. 2024 Bahrain GP

18. 2024 Spanish GP

19. 2024 Austrian GP (Norris retired but classified 20th)

20. 2024 Dutch GP

21. 2025 Japanese GP

22. 2025 Belgian GP (Wet to dry race)

1961 Dutch GP being the wild outlier there!

As much as chaotic races are entertaining I do like this era when reliability issues are less common as it makes for a much more fair title fight based more on ability and not sheer luck.

The 1961 Dutch GP is also one of only 2 in history where no driver made a pitstop. The other? Belgium 2021

Wasn't it Mika Salo who had no pitstops and finished fifth at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix?

Yes. Ocon did it recently too at Turkey 2021, Scored a point

Max Verstappen has ended questions about his future by saying that he will definitely stay with Red Bull for next season.

The four-time world champion is under contract to Red Bull until 2028 but had been courted by Mercedes and had been considering his options.

Verstappen said at the Hungarian Grand Prix: "I've never really said anything about it because I was just focused on talking to the team about how we can improve our performance, future ideas for next year as well. And that's why I have nothing really to add ever.

Kinda a shame, would have loved to see what he could have done in another team and not one entirely built around him. However, given the most likely seat it seemed he would have taken was Russell's I'm glad he's not been undeservedly ousted.

Can anyone guess who and what year this was?

Is it bad of me to not want an very wet race in Hungary?

15 hours ago, Mack said:

Can anyone guess who and what year this was?

2003? Ralph Firman?

15 hours ago, Mack said:

Is it bad of me to not want an very wet race in Hungary?

Not at all, if it's anything like last week we'll just be sitting around wasting our afternoon until the track is bone dry then we'll have a rolling start.

1 minute ago, Dobbo said:

2003? Ralph Firman?

Edited yesterday at 07:471 day by Severin

That crash opened the door for the first and so far only ever Hungarian to drive in F1, Zsolt Baumgartner.

And also it was the race where Fernando Alonso won his first Grand Prix.

Just thought I'd try something a bit different to whet the appetite for the upcoming Grand Prix.

The forecast for Hungaroring is now showing only some showers in the morning Sunday, should be cleared out long before race time.