There is one stat that won't be broken, pending another change in the rules - smallest or largest numbers to have won a Grand Prix. Since 0 isn't one of the numbers the drivers can choose from, that can't even be equalled, while for reasons known only to them the German Grand Prix organisers insisted that entries for the 1952 race were given three-figure numbers. Thus Alberto Ascari's 101 - despite being the smallest number in the field - will remain the largest ever to have won a race.

But not the largest to have been fielded, of course, since that remains Lella Lombardi's #208 Brabham (a tie-up with Radio Luxembourg and its 208 MW frequency, terms which may have to be explained to younger readers )