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#8 Lewis Hamilton breaches 400 and 3000
By finishing off his most spectacular season in style - with a win at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, Lewis Hamilton became the first driver in F1 history to break the 400-point mark. He notched up an aggregate of 408 points and in the process becoming the first driver to breach the 3,000 career points mark.
#9 Max Verstappen enjoys his best-ever podium streak
In what can be termed as one of the best turnarounds to a season seen in the sport, Max Verstappen shook off a terrible first half a dozen races (in which team-mate Daniel Ricciardo won twice) to take 11 podiums in the year. He finished with 5 straight podiums, which is a career-best streak and also fourth in the driver’s championships, again a career-best.
#10 Kimi Raikkonen sets the fastest lap in F1 history
Back in 2004, during pre-qualifying in Italy, Juan Pablo Montoya blitzed through Monza at an average of 262.242 km/h in his Williams. He went on to partner Kimi Raikkonen at McLaren the next year. 14 years later, Kimi finally broke the long-standing record. The Finn lapped the iconic 5.7 kilometre circuit at an average of 263.587 km/h to claim the record for himself en route to his stunning pole lap to wild cheering by Ferrari fans.
#11 Hypersoft tyre plays a starring role…
Sole tyre supplier Pirelli decided to introduce the softest-ever compound for 2018. The pink-walled hypersoft proved to be a boon. A direct consequence of it was that 10 lap records were set during 2018. The times for the track records tumbled more frequently than ever, with best times being clocked in Spain, Monaco, France, Austria, Belgium, Singapore, Russia, the United States, México and Brazil.
