[nkrishnap]

Originally Posted by ashwin.terminat

Sepang might drop out of the F1 calendar.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-...cle9266747.ece

Dwindling ticket sales and lowering TV viewership are being cited as reasons.

If F1 goes out of Sepang, I think India should bag it back. But the hassles created earlier may be relaxed if they approach the government.

[arun_josie]

Few numbers on overtakes from the 2016 Championship,

• Max Verstappen completed 78 overtakes during the 2016 F1 season, F1 tyre supplier Pirelli confirmed Verstappen's tally is the most since 1983. Others in the top 5 are, 61 overtakes by Daniel Ricciardo, 56 by Sergio Perez, 52 by Fernando Alonso, 49 by Valtteri Bottas

• Red Bull recorded the most overtakes during the season (78 by Verstappen, 61 by Ricciardo and 15 by Kvyat).

• Fernando Alonso's gained 41 places on the opening lap of races

• Sebastian Vettel was overtaken just once all season - by Verstappen in Brazil.(I think this doesn't include the opening lap)

• Lewis Hamilton claimed the most overtakes in a single race, making 18 passes during the Chinese Grand Prix after contact at Turn 1.

• World champions Mercedes were overtaken on the fewest occasions; Rosberg four times, Hamilton three.

• Total overtakes: 866, just four shy of 2012's record

Few other numbers,

• China set a new record after featuring a total of 128 overtakes - a new all-time record for a single race, surpassing the 112 set in Brazil in 2012.

• Longest race: Brazil, at 3h 01m 01.335s.

• Shortest race: Italy, at 1h 17m 28.089s.

• Number of wins from pole: 13 from 21 (62 percent)

• Lowest winning grid position: 4th (Max Verstappen in Spain and Daniel Ricciardo in Malaysia)

• Biggest winning margin: 37.776s (Nico Rosberg over Sebastian Vettel, China)

• Smallest winning margin: 0.439s (Lewis Hamilton over Nico Rosberg, Abu Dhabi), Singapore also featured a winning margin of less than half a second

• Most changes of lead: Eight (Spain)

• Most different leaders: Five (Austria) - Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen all had spells at the front of the field.

Source: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/f...n-numbers.html