Retirement - Driver

Here are the top five lists of records related to retirements of drivers.
You can click the links at the bottom of the lists to see a whole list of the corresponding record.

All-time Drivers

  1. Leslie Johnson

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Compressor

  2. Peter Walker

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Gearbox

  3. Tony Rolt

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Gearbox

  4. Eugène Martin

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Oil pressure

  5. Louis Chiron

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Clutch

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Most Retirements

Career

  1. Riccardo Patrese

    147

  2. Andrea de Cesaris

    147

  3. Michele Alboreto

    102

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    96

  5. Nigel Mansell

    95

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Season

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    1987

    16

  2. Ivan Capelli

    1989

    15

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    1997

    15

  4. Piercarlo Ghinzani

    1986

    14

  5. Andrea de Cesaris

    1986

    14

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Grand Prix

  1. Riccardo Patrese

    Belgian Grand Prix

    12

  2. Riccardo Patrese

    British Grand Prix

    12

  3. Andrea de Cesaris

    Brazilian Grand Prix

    12

  4. Andrea de Cesaris

    San Marino Grand Prix

    12

  5. Jo Bonnier

    British Grand Prix

    11

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Circuit

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    Imola

    12

  2. Rubens Barrichello

    Interlagos

    11

  3. Jack Brabham

    Monaco

    10

  4. Riccardo Patrese

    Monza

    10

  5. Riccardo Patrese

    Monaco

    10

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Team

  1. Jacques Laffite

    Ligier

    61

  2. Pierluigi Martini

    Minardi

    57

  3. Nelson Piquet

    Brabham

    55

  4. Gerhard Berger

    Ferrari

    51

  5. Mika Häkkinen

    McLaren

    49

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Constructor

  1. Jacques Laffite

    Ligier

    61

  2. Pierluigi Martini

    Minardi

    57

  3. Nelson Piquet

    Brabham

    55

  4. Gerhard Berger

    Ferrari

    51

  5. Mika Häkkinen

    McLaren

    49

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Consecutive Retirements

Career

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    22

  2. Ivan Capelli

    14

  3. Andrea de Cesaris

    12

  4. Riccardo Patrese

    11

  5. Riccardo Patrese

    11

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Season

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    1987

    16

  2. Andrea de Cesaris

    1982

    12

  3. Riccardo Patrese

    1984

    11

  4. Jacques Villeneuve

    1999

    11

  5. Philippe Alliot

    1985

    10

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Grand Prix

  1. Jack Brabham

    Monaco Grand Prix

    10

  2. Andrea de Cesaris

    Brazilian Grand Prix

    10

  3. Riccardo Patrese

    Brazilian Grand Prix

    9

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    Brazilian Grand Prix

    9

  5. Andrea de Cesaris

    British Grand Prix

    8

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Circuit

  1. Jack Brabham

    Monaco

    10

  2. Rubens Barrichello

    Interlagos

    9

  3. Riccardo Patrese

    Jacarepaguá

    8

  4. John Surtees

    Monaco

    7

  5. James Hunt

    Monaco

    7

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Percentage of Retirements

Career

  1. Leslie Johnson

    100%

  2. William Cantrell

    100%

  3. Bayliss Levrett

    100%

  4. Eugène Martin

    100%

  5. Clemente Biondetti

    100%

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Season

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    1987

    100%

  2. Ivan Capelli

    1989

    93.75%

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    1997

    88.24%

  4. Piercarlo Ghinzani

    1986

    87.50%

  5. Andrea de Cesaris

    1986

    87.50%

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Grand Prix

  1. Leslie Johnson

    British Grand Prix

    100%

  2. Eugène Martin

    British Grand Prix

    100%

  3. Geoffrey Crossley

    British Grand Prix

    100%

  4. Franco Rol

    Monaco Grand Prix

    100%

  5. Cuth Harrison

    Monaco Grand Prix

    100%

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Circuit

  1. Leslie Johnson

    Silverstone

    100%

  2. Eugène Martin

    Silverstone

    100%

  3. Geoffrey Crossley

    Silverstone

    100%

  4. Franco Rol

    Monaco

    100%

  5. Cuth Harrison

    Monaco

    100%

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Team

  1. Leslie Johnson

    T.A.S.O Mathieson

    100%

  2. Peter Walker

    Peter Walker

    100%

  3. Tony Rolt

    Peter Walker

    100%

  4. Dick Rathmann

    Watson

    100%

  5. Tony Bettenhausen

    Lou Moore

    100%

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Constructor

  1. Leslie Johnson

    ERA

    100%

  2. Peter Walker

    ERA

    100%

  3. Tony Rolt

    ERA

    100%

  4. William Cantrell

    Adams

    100%

  5. Bayliss Levrett

    Adams

    100%

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First Retirement

Age

  1. Max Verstappen

    17y166d

  2. Lance Stroll

    18y149d

  3. Lando Norris

    19y153d

  4. Jaime Alguersuari

    19y161d

  5. Mike Thackwell

    19y183d

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Races

  1. Leslie Johnson

    1

  2. Peter Walker

    1

  3. Tony Rolt

    1

  4. Eugène Martin

    1

  5. Louis Chiron

    1

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Last Retirement

Age

  1. Arthur Legat

    54y232d

  2. Philippe Étancelin

    54y212d

  3. Adolf Brudes

    52y292d

  4. Hans Von Stuck

    52y218d

  5. Bill Aston

    52y127d

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Races

  1. Fernando Alonso

    374

  2. Kimi Räikkönen

    349

  3. Lewis Hamilton

    335

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    313

  5. Jenson Button

    306

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Interval between First and Last Retirement

Days

  1. Fernando Alonso

    8246d

  2. Michael Schumacher

    7734d

  3. Kimi Räikkönen

    7574d

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    6706d

  5. Jenson Button

    6286d

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Races

  1. Fernando Alonso

    431

  2. Kimi Räikkönen

    391

  3. Michael Schumacher

    363

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    319

  5. Rubens Barrichello

    315

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Interval between Two Retirements

Days

  1. Edgar Barth

    4018d

  2. Jan Lammers

    3766d

  3. André Pilette

    3605d

  4. Gene Force

    3288d

  5. Robert Kubica

    3276d

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Races

  1. Robert Kubica

    176

  2. Jan Lammers

    164

  3. Alexander Wurz

    106

  4. Edgar Barth

    96

  5. Narain Karthikeyan

    90

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Number of

Teams

  1. Maurice Trintignant

    10

  2. Andrea de Cesaris

    10

  3. Stirling Moss

    9

  4. Harry Schell

    8

  5. Roy Salvadori

    8

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Constructors

  1. Andrea de Cesaris

    10

  2. Stirling Moss

    9

  3. Maurice Trintignant

    8

  4. John Surtees

    8

  5. Chris Amon

    8

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Seasons

  1. Fernando Alonso

    20

  2. Rubens Barrichello

    19

  3. Michael Schumacher

    18

  4. Jenson Button

    18

  5. Kimi Räikkönen

    18

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Grands Prix

  1. Michael Schumacher

    26

  2. Eddie Cheever

    25

  3. Derek Warwick

    25

  4. Nelson Piquet

    25

  5. Nigel Mansell

    25

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Circuits

  1. Riccardo Patrese

    33

  2. Niki Lauda

    31

  3. Nelson Piquet

    31

  4. Andrea de Cesaris

    31

  5. Nigel Mansell

    30

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