The Hat-trick

[CocoUK]

'Pole, win and fastest lap in same race
This is sometimes referred to as a "hat-trick".'

I thought this might be worth a share as despite some cars/drivers dominating a race it doesn't occur particularly often - wiki:

What a collection of talent!


I also stumbled across the 'Grand Slam' stats - wiki:


Hats off to the Flying Scott.

Wiki link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_On...
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[SmoothCriminal]

Probably doesn't happen that often as the leader manages the race 99.9999% of the time plus the fact the hardware needs to last more than one race.

[Eric Mc]

And I presume those stats come purely from World Championship F1 races. If all F1 races the participants took part in were covered, I bet Clark would look even better.

[37chevy]

Even worse these days with fuel/ engine saving

[mattikake]

And add to it Hamilton understood lauda' s philosophy of winning at the slowest speed possible.

[Eric Mc]

mattikake said:

And add to it Hamilton understood lauda' s philosophy of winning at the slowest speed possible.

Actually attributed to Fangio in an earlier era - where overdriving often meant a short career.

[CocoUK]

Hamilton took his sixth 'grand slam' this afternoon - 'Pole, win, fastest lap, and led every lap'.

The reason I started this thread was because I was looking into if it was worth a punt, I guess it was!

[exelero]

CocoUK said:

'Pole, win and fastest lap in same race
This is sometimes referred to as a "hat-trick".'

I thought this might be worth a share as despite some cars/drivers dominating a race it doesn't occur particularly often - wiki:

What a collection of talent!


I also stumbled across the 'Grand Slam' stats - wiki:


Hats off to the Flying Scott.

Wiki link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_On...
ImgBB credit for image upload.

I thought it was called grand slam

[Doink]

Never heard of the hatrick, thought only the grandslam existed

[TheDeuce]

Doink said:

Never heard of the hatrick, thought only the grandslam existed

Yet there are two tables above, one for each.

What is the difference though!?

[Doink]

TheDeuce said:

Doink said:

Never heard of the hatrick, thought only the grandslam existed

Yet there are two tables above, one for each.

What is the difference though!?

The grandslam has a 4th element 'Led every lap'

[TheDeuce]

Doink said:

TheDeuce said:

Doink said:

Never heard of the hatrick, thought only the grandslam existed

Yet there are two tables above, one for each.

What is the difference though!?

The grandslam has a 4th element 'Led every lap'

Ahh.. makes sense. That's seriously difficult these days when the pit stop is unavoidable though... Need one hell of an early lead.

Thanks for the info

[LeoSayer]

TheDeuce said:

That's seriously difficult these days when the pit stop is unavoidable though... Need one hell of an early lead.

Or those close behind to pit before you.

[TheDeuce]

LeoSayer said:

TheDeuce said:

That's seriously difficult these days when the pit stop is unavoidable though... Need one hell of an early lead.

Or those close behind to pit before you.

Sure - but still a rarity when combined with pole, fastest lap and the win. I'm aware that is the point

[Adam Kindness]

I thought Grand Slam was all FP sessions + qualy + race + fastest race lap.

If it isnt, whats that called?

[Supersam83]

I always thought it was called "Grand Chelem"?