And unless you’ve been living under a rock, that was the BWT Racing Point F1 Team’s Sakhir Grand Prix result!. 1 – Checo’s victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix was his first in Formula 1 and the first for a Mexican driver since Pedro Rodríguez in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. It’s a first double podium for Team Silverstone since the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. 40 – The number of points scored in the Sakhir Grand Prix – the most in a single race in Team Silverstone history!. 49 – Checo has now led 49 laps of Formula 1 Grands Prix in his career, with 24 coming in the Sakhir Grand Prix alone.
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