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REUTERS - Some Formula One statistics ahead of Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix:
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WINS
Lewis Hamilton's win at the last race in Turkey was his first of the season and 12th of his career. That lifts him alongside American Mario Andretti, Australian Alan Jones and Argentina's Carlos Reutemann in the all-time lists.
Ferrari have won 211 times while McLaren are the second most successful team with 167 victories. Williams have 113 wins.
Five drivers have now won races this season - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, McLaren's Jenson Button (2) and Hamilton, Red Bull's Webber (2) and Sebastian Vettel.
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CHAMPIONSHIP
Four drivers have led the championship this season - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, McLaren's Jenson Button and Webber.
Webber is the first Australian to top the standings since Alan Jones in 1981.
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POLE POSITION
Red Bull have started all seven races so far this season on pole position (Sebastian Vettel 3, Mark Webber 4). The record of 15 in a season is held jointly by McLaren and Williams.
The last team to take eight poles in a row was McLaren in 1998.
Webber is the only driver to have won from pole this season (Spain and Monaco). The Australian has been on pole for the last three races.
The last driver to take four successive poles was Fernando Alonso with Renault in 2006.
Ferrari have not been on pole since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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FRONT ROW
Red Bull have started the last 11 races with at least one car on the front row.
Button has not started on the front row since Turkey last June.
Lewis Hamilton's front row start in Turkey this month was McLaren's first since he took pole in Abu Dhabi last November.
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CANADA
Michael Schumacher has won seven times in Canada, more than any other driver. The only country where any driver has won more times is France, with Schumacher chalking up eight wins between 1994 and 2006.
Schumacher, now with Mercedes, has been on the podium in Montreal 12 times in 15 starts there.
This year's race is the 41st edition of the Canadian GP and the 31st in Montreal.
Only three of the last 11 races in Canada have gone with pole position.
Hamilton has raced twice in Canada and been on pole on both occasions. In 2007, the circuit witnessed his first win in Formula One.
Poland's Robert Kubica, now with Renault, took his sole F1 victory to date in Canada in 2008 with BMW-Sauber.
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QUALIFYING
Two drivers have yet to qualify ahead of their team mates this season: Renault's Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov and Virgin's Brazilian Lucas di Grassi.
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POINTS
Webber and Massa are the only drivers to have scored points in every race.
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