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Australian Grand Prix: Stats and facts

Melbourne’s Albert Park once again acted as Formula 1’s curtain-raiser as Sebastian Vettel kicked off the new season with victory. Motorsport Week rounds up some of the statistics and facts from the weekend’s action. Vettel’s victory was the 48th of his career, bringing him three shy of Alain Prost on the all-time list in the race in which he matched his fellow four-time champion’s tally of 199 starts. Vettel’s win also meant he joined Michael Schumacher (155), Lewis Hamilton (118) and Prost (106) in taking a century of podiums. Vettel’s spell in the lead also brought him above the 3,000 laps led mark to 3,030, behind only Schumacher (5,111)...
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