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Falark

Mildly interesting additional fact to the current top post: The podium is also the closest possible podium geographically (in terms of birthplace).

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Verstappen was born in Hasselt, Belgium. The closest birthplace of a current F1 driver is Heppenheim, Germany, where Vettel is from. (362km or 224miles)

Sainz/Alonso is kinda obvious, but Madrid is 449km/278 miles from Oviedo.

As for Norris and Button: Norris was more or less born down the road from Button. Button was born in Frome (oddly enough pronounced "Froom"), Norris in Bristol, which are 39km / 24.6 miles from each other.

Posted May 24, 2021, 9:04 AM UTC

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ruimoreira46:anthoine-hubert: Anthoine Hubert•

But Vettel, Alonso and Button weren't on the podium?

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cloudlessfloor•

He comments on a pic from the sub comparing this year's podium with that of 2011 (Vettel, Alonso, Button).

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gwtje:spyker: Spyker•

I think he means compared to the 2011 podium. Maybe add that 😉

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MFQuintilianus•

I thought this was proximity of their places of birth to Monaco. I have no idea what this is.

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cloudlessfloor•

"Mildly interesting additional fact to the current top post"

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barandor•

You think 300 kilometers is close? Dude, that's the length of my entire country.

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S1lverEagle:max-verstappen: Max Verstappen•

I think you're forgetting that Vettel and Alonso were also in the race.

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FalarkOP•

Geographically and team-wise. Probably described it badly.

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LAGNAFrangers•

Super interesting if you add the picture that you are looking at. Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

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LtMartaVelasquez:minardi: Minardi•

What do you mean 'closest possible podium', were they all born on that podium?

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CHR1597:daniel-ricciardo: Daniel Ricciardo•

There's a post comparing yesterday's podium with the 2011 Monaco podium. The 2021 drivers with the closest birthplaces to the 2011 podium finishers (Vettel, Alonso, Button) are Verstappen, Sainz, and Norris.

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