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Formula 1: Mercedes’ 10-race win streak tied for longest since 1988

By Asher Fair

LE CASTELLET, FRANCE - JUNE 23: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of France at Circuit Paul Ricard on June 23, 2019 in Le Castellet, France. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
LE CASTELLET, FRANCE - JUNE 23: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of France at Circuit Paul Ricard on June 23, 2019 in Le Castellet, France. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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Mercedes’ 10-race winning streak is tied for the longest winning streak in Formula 1 since McLaren’s 11-race winning streak in the 1988 season.

Since Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen dominated last year’s Mexican Grand Prix in late October, only two drivers have won any Formula 1 races, and both of those drivers drive for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton closed out the 2018 season with victories in the Brazilian Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and through the first eight races of the 2019 season, he has earned an additional six victories.

The two races that have not resulted in Hamilton winning so far this season are the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix, and the season’s fourth race, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won both of these races over the 34-year-old Briton in second place.

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Hamilton’s most recent victory, his dominant victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard, was the 10th consecutive victory for the Silver Arrows going back to last season.

As a result, the Brackley-based team are now on a winning streak that is tied for the longest in Formula 1 since McLaren’s 11-race winning streak to open up the 1988 season.

McLaren’s 11-race winning streak is the longest winning streak for a team in Formula 1 history, although it could be argued that Ferrari had a 14-race winning streak from the 1952 season through the 1953 season. This streak was technically split up into three different streaks by the two Indianapolis 500 races in 1952 and 1953, as Kuzma won the 1952 Indy 500 while Kurtis Kraft won the 1953 Indy 500.

That said, while the Indy 500 was considered a Formula 1 race back in this day and age, the full-time teams and drivers who competed for the Formula 1 championship did not compete in this race.

Mercedes have already gone on two 10-race winning streaks in the V6 turbo hybrid era, which began in the 2014 season. They won 10 consecutive races from the end of the 2015 season through the beginning of the 2016 season (six in the former and four in the latter), and they won 10 consecutive races during the 2016 season itself. Additionally, Scuderia Ferrari won 10 consecutive races to close out the 2002 season.

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Mercedes are set to go for what would be their 11th consecutive Formula 1 victory in the Austrian Grand Prix next Sunday, June 30. This race is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET.

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