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Stats: Webber's final F1 tally After Mark Webber's F1 swansong at Interlagos, stats wizard MICHELE MERLINO assesses where the Australian stands in the record books, plus all the other big Interlagos numbers 1385337600 F1

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

Stats: Formula 1's pole jinxes The polesitter has hit trouble in three of Abu Dhabi's four grands prix. Stats guru MICHELE MERLINO highlights the other F1 venues and drivers that have attracted pole jinxes 1383264000 F1

Will Renault beat Red Bull in 2018? Having signed Carlos Sainz Jr and made strides on track, is Renault on course for a big leap forward in 2018? Gary Anderson gives his view on this, and other topics including the hardest-working drivers he met in F1 1506384000 F1

Why Vettel's title chance is down to 23 per cent It was obvious that Sebastian Vettel's Singapore Grand Prix startline disaster was a huge blow to his title hopes. Crunching the numbers shows just how dramatically he's gone from slight favourite to outsider 1506384000 F1

The winner that foretold F1's new era Stewart Williams takes a look at the first of the new-era Silver Arrows to hit its target - the W03, Mercedes' first winner ahead of its F1 domination 1506297600 F1

Why Aston Martin has an F1 legacy to repair Red Bull and Aston Martin have extended their Formula 1 alliance. Is this the first step towards Aston making amends for its short (and dismal) F1 record? 1506297600 F1

Why Jaguar has nowhere to hide Jaguar's international motorsport comeback in Formula E was a huge story, but a disappointment on track - particularly at first. Now it has a year under its belt and a proven FE champion in the cockpit, it has to step up 1506297600 FE

Would Loeb be a mistake for Citroen? At first the idea of Sebastien Loeb returning to the Citroen World Rally Championship team seemed both implausible and ill-advised. Now, after his second test, it makes complete sense 1506038400 WRC