Over the race weekend where Mercedes officially secured the constructors' world championship crown, the Brackley-based squad also saw their remarkable consecutive podium streak come to an end. Ever since the season-opening round in Melbourne, the team had successfully placed at least one driver inside the top three at every single Grand Prix.
However, the fourth and fifth place finishes secured by George Russell and Kimi Antonelli at Interlagos halted this positive momentum, preventing them from establishing the longest streak from the start of a season in Formula 1 history. Instead, the duo merely equaled the benchmark previously set back in 2014.
Back in 2014, a nearly identical dominant run from the opening lights was achieved by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Interestingly, the total number of races scheduled on the calendar that year was exactly 19, meaning the Silver Arrows managed to place a driver on the podium at every single weekend throughout that campaign.
Despite this impressive run of 19 consecutive podiums from the season opener, the absolute all-time record for consecutive races with at least one driver on the podium still firmly belongs to Ferrari. The iconic Italian outfit established a staggering benchmark of 53 consecutive Grands Prix finishing inside the top three, spanning from the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix to the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix.
That extraordinary era of dominance covered the final two rounds of the 1999 season alongside the entirety of the 2000, 2001, and 2002 world championships. To this day, that legendary Ferrari streak remains an unreachable pinnacle in the sport, leaving even dominant modern outfits with massive calendar lengths chasing a distant second best.
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