The British Grand Prix has reserved several joys for Lewis Hamilton, arrived on the podium in the home race with the 3rd place finish. In reality, contrary to the previous appointments, the Mercedes driver even found himself fighting with the two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc for the victory, something that has never happened to the reigning world champion team since the beginning of this complex championship. . Moreover, with the game of strategies, the Englishman also jumped to the command of the race for a few laps, only to then give the leadership back to the Ferrari drivers.
Yet, those few laps spent at the top of the standings were significant for the career of the seven-time world champion, capable of writing a new record in Formula 1 and to go along with another negative personal best in one fell swoop: if, on the one hand, the number 44 generated the largest number of consecutive GPs without winning a win, 11, on the other hand it beat the historic goal it belongs to. to Michael Schumacherestablished by the German in 2006. In that World Cup, the last played since ‘Kaiser’ before temporarily hanging up his helmet, the then Ferrari driver reached the greater number of consecutive seasons with at least one lap in the lead: 15. From the moment of his debut in 1992 to that of his first retirement, the seven-time world champion always had the opportunity to finish at least one lap in front of everyone, doing it for fifteen years in a row.
However, in the 2007 Lewis Hamilton’s parenthesis in F1 began, immediately able to come within a whisker of winning the world championship that year, then won by Kimi Raikkonen, still the last to have brought a drivers title to Maranello. Since then, Sir Hamilton has been able to make up for the defeat extensively, reaching seven world championship claims between McLaren and Mercedes. In these 16 years In his career, the Englishman has also covered at least one lap at the command of a GP, once again putting his signature on a new absolute record in F1 history.
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