8 the number of top ten positions for Felipe Massa out of ten participations in the Japanese Grand Prix. The only times the Brazilian has not seen the chequered flag in this race were in 2002 with Sauber and 2010 with Ferrari. His best result is still second place, something he has achieved twice, in 2006 and 2012.
34 more points scored by Scuderia Ferrari this season when compared to 2012, (from 263 to 297.) The increase is due to the extra 21 points from Massa (from 69 to 90) and 13 from Alonso (from 194 to 207.)
35 the difference between Fernando Alonso’s finishing positions and grid positions this year, without taking into account the retirement in Sepang. Only three times (Bahrain, Monaco and Korea) has the Spaniard finished lower than he started. The biggest step up came in Spa where he made up 7 places from ninth to second.
1571 points scored by Fernando Alonso in 213 Grand Prix starts. The points from today’s fourth place put him in first place in the list of all time points scorers, overtaking Michael Schumacher’s tally of 1566.
While driving for the Scuderia, Alonso has picked up 994 points from 73 Grand Prix starts.