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Some kind of a year. I found this on Riddit......

6 different race winners, including a first-time winner

13 out of 20 drivers get a podium

4 different teams winning a race

8 out of 10 teams get a podium

Max and Lewis went into the final race tied on 369.5 points, after 21 races and 541.5 possible points up for grabs.

Max Verstappen broke the record for most podiums in a season (18)

Max Verstappen finished 1st or 2nd in every race he finished (excluding Hungary for obvious reasons)

Bottas completed his 5 years at Mercedes without ever being knocked out of qualy before Q3

Kimi finished his career with an astounding 349 races

Hamilton tied Schumacher's record of 15 consecutive seasons with a GP win

Verstappen got within 8.5 points of Schumacher's all-time career points (despite the different points system, this one blew my mind...)

Hamilton brought the record for most races with a single engine manufacturer to 288, every race he's ever raced

Lewis tied Schumacher for most wins at the same Grand Prix (8 in Silverstone, aside from the 8 he already had at Hungaroring)

Lewis tied Senna for most consecutive wins at the same Grand Prix (5 at Barcelona compared to Senna's 5 at Monaco)

Lewis tied Schumacher and Senna for most pole positions at the same Grand Prix (8 at Hungaroring, on top of the 8 he already had at Australia)

Max brought the record for most total wins without winning a championship to 19, before actually winning it

Lewis extended the record for most pole positions to 103, ahead of Schumacher's 68

Lewis extended his record for most wins to 103 over Schumacher's 91

Lewis extended his record for most podiums to 182 over Schumacher's 152

Bottas extended his record for most career points without a championship to 1738

Shortest race in F1 history at Spa (2 laps, and yours truly was there from 7 AM with a huge hangover until 7 PM :') )

Most amount of drivers with 100+ points in a single season

Longest pitstop in F1 history, Bottas in Monaco at 43 hours (if you count what happened off-track)

Most red flags in qualifying (4 in Baku)

First race that started with only one car on the grid (Hamilton in Hungary)

None of the first 3 teams in the WCC got a 1-2 finish, while the number 4 did (not sure if this was unique)

4th and 5th teams in the WCC won a race, while the 3rd didn't

Ferrari is now one of only 4 teams not to win a race in the last two seasons

Most points scored by a driver that didn't win the championship (387.5 by Lewis)

Lewis scored more points this year than he did in any season except in 2018 and 2019, including his championship years

Esteban Ocon was the first driver to finish outside the top 10 in the WDC while winning a race since Pastor Maldonado in 2012. Before Maldonado, it was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2003

Max is the 34th WDC in F1 history

Sainz was the only one to finish all 22 races

Sainz is now also the driver with the most points who didn't win a race, taking over from Hulkenberg after the race in Jeddah.

Most races without a DNF in a single year. 3 in total, or 25% of all races without a DNF in F1 history.