Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton tied another all-time record
By Asher Fair
In addition to breaking two all-time Formula 1 records in the 2021 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton tied another.
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton entered the 2021 season with a chance to break two records held by fellow seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher following a season that saw him break several others records held by Schumacher.
Both of Schumacher’s records he had a chance to break in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, he broke.
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He entered this 56-lap race around the 15-turn, 3.363-mile (5.412-kilometer) road course in Sakhir, Bahrain with 116 podium finishes as a Mercedes driver and 5,099 career laps led.
The former was tied with Schumacher’s all-time record podium finishes with a single constructor.
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Schumacher finished on the podium 116 times as a Ferrari driver. But Hamilton won the season opener by 0.745 seconds over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to secure his 117th podium finish since he joined Mercedes ahead of the 2013 season, breaking the all-time record.
Additionally, Hamilton led 27 laps of this race en route to securing the victory, bringing his career laps led total to 5,126. Prior to the season opener, Schumacher held the record with 5,111. But aside from these two records, Hamilton actually tied another one of Schumacher’s records.
The 2021 season is Hamilton’s 15th career season in Formula 1, and he has now won at least one race in each of those 15 seasons.
His mark of 14 consecutive winning seasons was already comfortably the all-time record to start a career.
Now he has tied the record for the most consecutive winning seasons, period.
Schumacher earned his first career victory in the 1992 season, his second season in the sport, and he won at least one race in each season from 1992 to 2006.
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Will Hamilton return to Formula 1 in 2022 and break this record with what would be a 16th consecutive winning season? He is currently competing for the Silver Arrows on a one-year deal that he signed in early February. The 2021 season is his ninth season with the Brackley-based team.