Pre-GP Stats Analysis: Europe
Michele Merlino looks at the numbers and event history, going into this weekend's street race in Valencia
Eleven winners
The European Grand Prix will feature 11 race winners at the start. They are: Raikkonen, Massa, Kubica, Alonso, Coulthard, Trulli, Button, Barrichello, Fisichella, Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, who won his maiden race in Hungary.
It's the first time in four years that such a high number of winners have entered a race weekend. The last time 11 winners were present at the start of a grand prix was in the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix: Michael and Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve, Barrichello, Montoya, Raikkonen, Panis, Trulli, Fisichella and Alonso.
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