Force India tops 'most raced laps' standings

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Force India owes its impressive performance this season to its outstanding consistency - thanks in no small part to its talented pair of drivers.

A statistical by-product of its steady run this year is the fact that the Silverstone-based outfit had achieved more race laps so far than any other team.

Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon have put a combined 1,334 race laps under their belt since the season kicked off in Australia.

That's four laps better than Mercedes, while Ferrari is third with 1,287 raced laps.

As one attempts to guess the team with the smallest amount of race laps accomplished this year, McLaren and its appalling reliability record would obviously come to mind.

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But the outfit at the tail end of the standings is actually Red Bull Racing, with a paltry 928 race laps!

Indeed, reliability issues of its own have left the Milton Keynes-based team in its unflattering position, 80 race laps behind McLaren-Honda.

The lousy performance still currently yields a third place in the Constructors' standings however for Red Bull.

On the drivers' front, both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel clock in with 679 race laps, having finished every single race this season, while Max Verstappen quite logically follows his team's trend with just 398 race laps so far this year.

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Phillip van Osten

Motor racing was a backdrop from the outset in Phillip van Osten's life. Born in Southern California, Phillip grew up with the sights and sounds of fast cars thanks to his father, Dick van Osten, an editor and writer for Auto Speed and Sport and Motor Trend. Phillip's passion for racing grew even more when his family moved to Europe and he became acquainted with the extraordinary world of Grand Prix racing. He was an early contributor to the monthly French F1i Magazine, often providing a historic or business perspective on Formula 1's affairs. In 2012, he co-authored along with fellow journalist Pierre Van Vliet the English-language adaptation of a limited edition book devoted to the great Belgian driver Jacky Ickx. He also authored "The American Legacy in Formula 1", a book which recounts the trials and tribulations of American drivers in Grand Prix racing. Phillip is also a commentator for Belgian broadcaster Be.TV for the US Indycar series.