IN A NUTSHELL

Statistics for Spanish F1 Grand Prix at Barcelona

Lap distance: 4.655km. Total distance: 307.104km (66 laps)

2017 pole: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes, one minute 19.141 seconds.

2017 winner: Hamilton Race lap record: 1:21.670, Kimi Raikkonen (Finland), Ferrari 2008. Start time: 1310 GMT

RACE WINS

Hamilton has 63 victories from 212 races and is second in the all-time list behind seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher (91). Vettel has 49.

Ferrari have won 231 races since 1950, McLaren 182, Williams 114, Mercedes 77 and Red Bull 56. Former champions McLaren and Williams have not won since 2012.

POLE POSITION

Hamilton has a record 73 career poles. Vettel has 53.

Vettel has been on pole for the last three races. The last time Vettel had four poles in a row was during the 2011 season when he was at Red Bull.

Ferrari have not had four successive poles since 2007 and Vettel has yet to be on pole in Barcelona.

Hamilton has been on pole three times in the last four years at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Max Verstappen, at 20 years old, can become the youngest ever pole sitter this season. The current youngest is Vettel, who did it at the age of 21 years and 72 days.

PODIUM

Hamilton has 120 career podiums and is second on the all-time list behind Germany’s Michael Schumacher (155). Sebastian Vettel has 101 career podiums, Kimi Raikkonen 94.