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Today's random F1 facts:

^{Daily Facts by /u/Fart_Leviathan}

• Andrea Chiesa is the only driver to have a 100% crash DNF rate amongst those who started more than 2 races.

• The oldest driver to ever enter a race, was Louis Chiron at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, at the age of 58 years and 292 days. He failed to qualify.

• The closest ever Formula 1 finish was recorded at Monza in 1971 when Peter Gethin won by 0.01s from Ronnie Peterson. The top five finishers were covered by just 0.61s.

Top posts from the last 24 hours

• Verstappen and Russell having a heated discussion

• Max and George arguing, meanwhile Checo and Charles

• The sprint race pole position award..

• A Red Bull mechanic posing with Max's damaged sidepod [IG: @Caller15]

• [Andrew Benson] There is a loophole in the new rules, I'm told, and there is nothing to stop drivers running wet tyres. So, if they (Norris and Tsunoda) both make it to Q3, they could have their own private shoot-out for ninth place on wets