Facts and figures from the first half of the 2016 season: Records, records and even more records...

The longest Formula 1 season ever with 21 races is taking a short break. After a marathon four races within the space of five weeks during the month of July, Formula 1 drivers and teams are enjoying their traditional, well-deserved summer break. Before the engines roar into life again for the Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit, we take a look back at the first half of the season prior to the summer break. Here are all the special anniversaries, records and top achievements from the first twelve races...

378 km/h

In Baku, Williams driver Valtteri Bottas broke the top speed record in the premier class which had stood for more than ten years. The record top speed of 369.9 km/h set in Monza during the 2004 season by Antonio Pizzonia in the BMW-Williams was broken on the 1.5-kilometer main straight of Azerbaijan's street circuit. According to his car's telemetry, Bottas reached an incredible 378 km/h while slipstreaming Max Verstappen during qualifying.

4 wins

Lewis Hamilton became the first driver in the 67-year history of Formula 1 to secure four grand prix wins in one calendar month. The Mercedes driver won in Austria, England, Hungary and Germany during July. However, there is a chance that Hamilton may have to share the record in a few months' time. The competition will have an opportunity to match his feat this October when there are again four races in one month – Malaysia, Japan, USA and Mexico.

19 wins

Nico Rosberg claimed an unwanted record in the first half of the season. With 19 grand prix wins at the moment, he is the driver who has yet to win a world championship title despite having triumphed the most. British driver Sir Stirling Moss used to 'lead' in this area with 16 victories. Unlike Moss, Rosberg is still currently racing and has a chance to shed this 'record'.

1.92 seconds

Williams went to the top of the class in the pit lane during the first half of the year by producing the fastest pit stop in ten of the season's first twelve races. During a tire change on Felipe Massa's car at the European Grand Prix in Baku, the British team actually drew level with the record of 1.92 secs set by Red Bull in the 2013 US Grand Prix. It's no big surprise that with ten fastest pit stops from twelve races, Williams comfortably lead the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award.

18 years old

Max Verstappen's sudden promotion from Toro Rosso to Red Bull was sensational in itself but was actually only the start of a real fairy tale. In his first race for the new team, the Dutch teenager secured a totally unexpected first grand prix win in Barcelona, becoming at the age of 18 years and 228 days the youngest winner of a Formula 1 race since records began. He beat the record set by Sebastian Vettel in Monza 2008 by no less than two years and 210 days.

43 points

Lewis Hamilton made a disastrous start to the 2016 season. After five races, the world champion had notched up just one lap in the lead and was a whopping 43 points behind teammate Nico Rosberg in the standings. However, Hamilton won six of the next seven races, took the championship lead in Budapest and, after Hockenheim, headed off on his summer break with a 19-point lead on Rosberg.

1,521 kilometers

Although Nico Rosberg has a 19-point deficit in the championship and with five wins is one down on Lewis Hamilton, the German posted more laps in the lead than his British teammate during the first half of the season. Rosberg led for 1,521 kilometers to Hamilton's 1,381.

25 wins

The driver pairing of Hamilton & Rosberg secured their 25th one-two victory in Russia, beating the previous record of 24 one-two wins set by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello during their time together at Ferrari between 2000 and 2005. Incidentally, Rosberg and Hamilton are also battling it out in the DHL Fastest Lap Award. As the summer break gets underway, the German is ahead of the championship leader and Daniel Ricciardo with five fastest laps to their two each.

50 years

Well-established British racing outfit McLaren celebrated its 50th anniversary in Formula 1 during the Monaco Grand Prix. The success story of the team from Woking began in the Principality with the entry in the race of team founder and namesake Bruce McLaren in 1966. During their 50-year history, McLaren have so far won twelve drivers' and eight constructors' title, taking 182 race wins, 155 pole positions and posting 152 fastest laps.

100 grands prix

No less than three drivers notched up their 100th grand prix start in the premier class during the first half of the season in 2016. Force India drivers Sergio Perez and Nico Hülkenberg even celebrated their 100th GP outing jointly at the race weekend in Russia. The third man in the trio is Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, who joined the Formula One 100 Club at the Hockenheimring.

3,624 kilometers

Daniel Ricciardo was Mr Dependable during the first half of the season. The Australian covered 3,624 kilometers, the most of any driver. Long-suffering Daniil Kvyat brings up the rear as regards these particular stats. The Toro Rosso driver managed just 2,530.

37.776 seconds

The biggest gap between winner and runner-up was recorded at the Chinese Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg won there with a lead of 37.776 seconds on Vettel. The smallest deficit was at the Spanish Grand Prix when Max Verstappen crossed the finish line a mere 0.616 seconds ahead of Kimi Räikkönen.