Stats: Alonso's Interlagos jinx As Sebastian Vettel chases a ninth straight win, Fernando Alonso has his own, less enviable, F1 record at Interlagos. Stats wizard MICHELE MERLINO investigates a history of near-misses in Brazil 1385078400 F1

Stats: only Ascari left to topple As Sebastian Vettel's victory rampage continued, a major record held by Alberto Ascari now looks vulnerable. MICHELE MERLINO runs through the Austin stats milestones 1384732800 F1

Stats: F1's late-race shootouts Last season's race at Austin featured what might be considered a rarity by modern Formula 1 standards - a late-race pass for the lead. AUTOSPORT dug into the FORIX archive to find out how uncommon it really is 1384300800 F1

Stats: Modern F1's biggest wins Winning by half a minute is a major achievement in modern Formula 1. Stats wizard MICHELE MERLINO looks at who else has accomplished Vettel-esque dominance in recent decades 1383523200 F1

When F1 sponsors go rogue The disappearance of Rich Energy from the roster of Formula 1 sponsors came as little surprise to MARK GALLAGHER, who has seen peculiar team partners come and go - from diamond traders to porn barons... 1569110400 F1

How one team is getting eight more GPs of running in 2019 Toro Rosso is on for its equal-best Formula 1 season, and a big part of its progress is down to the extra mileage it's covering in 2019. That's down to a tweak in its relationship with Red Bull, and a lot less crash damage... 1569024000 F1

Why Ferrari would be mad not to take Hulkenberg With Nico Hulkenberg's 2020 Formula 1 options narrowing further, it's time the big player that snubbed him for Kimi Raikkonen back in 2014 took another look - because there's plenty of use for Hulkenberg in the Ferrari F1 family in both the short and long term 1568937600 F1

Hamilton and Verstappen need perfection to beat each other Singapore is never spoken about in the same terms of Silverstone or Suzuka when it comes to driver skill. Friday practice suggests that things could change this weekend if we see a straight fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen 1568937600 F1