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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 3h

🚨Max Verstappen will do 7 straight weekends of racing 😳 Sept. 26 - F1 Azerbaijan GP 🇦🇿 Oct. 4 - F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia 🇲🇾 Oct. 11 - F1 Singapore GP 🇸🇬 Oct. 18 - GT World Challenge 🇵🇹 Oct. 25 - F1 US GP 🇺🇸 Nov. 1 - F1 Mexico GP 🇲🇽 Nov. 8 - F1 Sao Paulo GP 🇧🇷

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 23h

Isack Hadjar on the events that happened during his time off recovering from a wrist injury 😂 “I think I did a very good job on the couch because I got a podium (from Monaco) on the couch & I got a contract (for 2027).”

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What Isack Hadjar said about Max Verstappen on Beyond The Grid

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

😳 Lewis Hamilton's only victory in Malaysia came during his second season with a team he joined, which is identical to the situation he's in now with Ferrari. By the way, that win was a grand slam 👀

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🇫🇷 The most recent win by a French driver in F1 belongs to Esteban Ocon at Hungary in 2021

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

REMINDER - No driver in F1 history had more career wins by their 29th birthday than Verstappen Max Verstappen - 71 wins Sebastian Vettel - 42 wins Michael Schumacher - 27 wins Fernando Alonso - 23 wins Lewis Hamilton - 22 wins

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨 The accolades & records Max Verstappen holds as he turns 29 🤯

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 The only non-Mercedes drivers with an average finishing position under 4.00 this season 1) Max Verstappen - 3.64 2) Lando Norris - 3.82 END OF LIST.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 Mercedes is now the second team in F1 history to have multiple drivers record a grand slam in the same season: • 2026 Mercedes (Kimi Antonelli/George Russell) • 1976 Ferrari (Clay Regazzoni/Niki Lauda) It's been 50 years since the only & last time this happened 😳

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 These drivers were not born yet when Fernando Alonso took his maiden pole & podium in Malaysia in 2003 • Kimi Antonelli • Ollie Bearman • Gabriel Bortoleto • Franco Colapinto • Isack Hadjar • Arvid Lindblad That means over 25% of the grid were not alive yet for this.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🤯 Here’s a wild stat - By the end of 2027, Fernando Alonso will have driven in 39.5% of all Formula 1 races held since the championship began in 1950. *Assuming no cancelled GPs*

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 By the end of 2027, Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri will hold the record for most GPs together as teammates. In second place will be Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll 😳

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 Fernando Alonso will drive for Aston Martin in 2027 in what will be his 24th season in Formula 1. He will be 46 years old. This is the driver that Father Time forgot about.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 British drivers with a grand slam during the 2020s 🇬🇧 • George Russell (Baku 2026) END OF LIST.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 Malaysia will have FOUR STRAIGHT MODE ZONES

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨🇲🇾 The very first Malaysia stat pack is out No one predicted the correct order of points scorers last week - in fact no one even predicted George Russell to win - so I’ve doubled the cash prize for Malaysia. Get some stats, sign up & participate ⬇️ f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-malay...

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2026 Malaysia F1 Stat Pack

All the stats you need for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix that is not being held in Bahrain

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

😳 The last time F1 raced in Malaysia, Max Verstappen got his first victory of the season there. 🤯 The last time Max Verstappen was winless this late into a season, he won in Malaysia.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🤯 Ferrari's last wet-weather win came in Malaysia ... 14 years ago in 2012 from Fernando Alonso. By the time Sunday's race in Malaysia starts, it will have been 5306 days since Ferrari's last wet-weather win.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 Lewis Hamilton's race results in Malaysia • 5 poles • 1 win • 1 DNF that essentially set his title hopes up in smoke

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s been a while since F1 raced in Malaysia

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 Saturday's GP in Baku was the first race since 2016 Singapore to have a smaller winning margin than pole gap in a non-safety car finish. Both races had a Mercedes driver (Nico Rosberg/George Russell) narrowly beat a Red Bull driver using #3 (Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen) 🤯

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

😳 The last time Red Bull got a double podium, Lando Norris won the next race

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

😳 George Russell & Max Verstappen put on a show at the end of Baku’s race. This was a real shootout with almost nothing between their times. Pure cinema.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Max Verstappen by himself has outscored Ferrari & McLaren over the last 3 GPs Verstappen - 51 points McLaren - 41 points Ferrari - 40 points

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 George Russell was 0.099s away in FP3 from the first full weekend grand slam since Lewis Hamilton at the 2015 Italian GP FP1: Russell FP2: Russell FP3: Verstappen Q1: Russell Q2: Russell Q3: Russell Pole: Russell Win: Russell Fastest Lap: Russell Led All Laps: Russell

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Coincidentally, the last time before today that Max Verstappen topped FP3 was the same weekend Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl. Today she released the Encore version of that same album & Max topped FP3 again. Big Swiftie confirmed?

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨🇦🇿 Long run simulations from FP2 George Russell - 47.960 (M) Max Verstappen - 48.119 (S) Oscar Piastri - 48.345 (S) Kimi Antonelli - 48.520 (M) Lando Norris - 48.655 (S) Charles Leclerc - 48.773 (S) Lewis Hamilton - 48.781 (S) Isack Hadjar - 49.008 (S)

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🤯 Mars has nearly completed 2 full orbits around the Sun since the last time Max Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate (Baku 2023). Mars orbit around Sun - 687 days Last time Max finished behind teammate - 1243 days

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 Drivers who have won 8+ races in a season over the last decade 🇳🇱 Max Verstappen 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton 🇩🇪 Nico Rosberg 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli END OF LIST.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 ACTUAL FUN OP81 FACT Driver #81 Oscar Piastri became the 81st driver in F1 history to win multiple races when he took victory in Baku in 2024

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 The only drivers who have taken pole over the last two months are • Lando Norris (x3) • Pierre Gasly END OF LIST.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

😳 Charles Leclerc owns … 🔥 F1’s Baku track record: 1:40:203 🔥 F1’s Baku lap record: 1:43:009 🔥 F2’s Baku track record: 1:52:129 The fastest man in Baku.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🗣️ George Russell on his & Oscar Piastri’s struggles in 2026 “(Oscar and I) have won in F4, F3 and F2. I have no doubt in my ability, I'm sure Oscar has no doubt in his, it will just take time.”

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨 LANDO NORRIS IN BAKU 🏁 6 GP races started 🔥 6/6 points finishes (100%) 🏆 0/6 podium finishes (0%)

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The boots Max Verstappen was wearing when he famously kicked his blown out rear tyre in Baku actually belonged to Liam Lawson.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨 Sergio Perez finishing results in Baku 🏆 2016 - P3 (Force India) 💥 2017 - DNF (Force India) 🏆 2018 - P3 (Force India) ✅ 2019 - P6 (Racing Point) 🏆 2021 - P1 (Red Bull) 🏆 2022 - P2 (Red Bull) 🏆 2023 - P1 (Red Bull) 💥 2024 - DNF (Red Bull)

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Baku is the only place where we had a podium that exclusively consisted of prior F2 champions 😲 Oscar Piastri - won F2 in 2021 Charles Leclerc - won F2 in 2017 George Russell - won F2 in 2018

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Exactly two years ago today, Daniel Ricciardo drove in his final F1 race. He recorded the fastest lap in his final race, thus stopping Lando Norris from achieving his first ever Grand Slam & also costing Lando a point.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

With Azerbaijan next, it's a good time to remind everyone that George Russell has won every GP this season that begins with the letter A. 🇦🇺 Australian GP - P1 🏆 🇦🇹 Austrian GP - P1 🏆 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan GP - Loading ⏳

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🤯 PODIUMS IN BAKU SERGIO PEREZ - 5 MAX VERSTAPPEN & LEWIS HAMILTON COMBINED - 5

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 The Stat Pack for Baku is here 🚨 • Organized all the driver stats to make it more readable • Also bringing back a giveaway if anyone can perfectly predict the top 10 finishing order • Go enter, read & subscribe ⬇️ f1guydan.substack.com/p/2026-baku-...

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2026 Baku F1 Stat Pack

Think you can perfectly predict the top 10 in Baku? The winner will get a prize

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 Charles Leclerc qualifying in Baku with Ferrari 2019 - CRASH 2021 - POLE 2022 - POLE 2023 Sprint - POLE 2023 - POLE 2024 - POLE 2025 - CRASH There are only two outcomes here.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

😳 FERRARI IN BAKU • 5 POLES • 4 DNFS • 0 WINS Ferrari is the only team in F1 history to have 5+ poles at a circuit without a single win.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oscar Piastri lasted less than a minute in last year's race in Baku 😳

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🚨 Oscar Piastri race results in Baku 2023 - P11 (0 points) ❌ 2024 - P1 (25 points) 🏆 2025 - DNF (0 points) ❌ The definition of all or nothing.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🚨 They do everything together 🚨 Max Verstappen has shared ALL of his 6 podiums this year with Kimi Antonelli. Max Verstappen has also shared ALL of his 3 front row starts this year with Kimi Antonelli too.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc combined poles per year since 2019: 2019: 9 2020: 1 2021: 12 2022: 16 2023: 17 2024: 11 2025: 9 2026: 0 This could be the end of an era.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

😳 Kimi Antonelli could take a month holiday and miss the next 3 GPs (Azerbaijan, Malaysia & Singapore) and AT WORST he would return in Austin only trailing by 2 points if George Russell wins all 3 races plus 1 sprint while he's gone. That's how far ahead he is.

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨 Lando Norris owns 8 of McLaren's last 10 poles 1) Lando Norris 🇪🇸 2026 2) Lando Norris 🇳🇱 2026 3) Lando Norris 🇭🇺 2026 4) Oscar Piastri 🇶🇦 2025 5) Lando Norris 🇺🇸🃏 2025 6) Lando Norris 🇧🇷 2025 7) Lando Norris 🇲🇽 2025 8) Oscar Piastri 🇳🇱 2025 9) Lando Norris 🇧🇪 2025 10) Lando Norris 🇦🇹 2025

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Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

F1 has never had a drivers’ champion that was born in the 2000s. Kimi Antonelli could soon change that

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