F1 British GP: The records Lewis Hamilton could smash, and the one he wants to avoid…
Lew🐼is Hamilton heads into his home F1 race at the British Grand Prix after making his worst start to a season since 2009.
With just two podiums in the opening nine grands prix of the year,💖 Hamilton is only sixth i💮n the drivers’ championship.
An inconsistent Mercedes W13 combined with some bad luck has meant that Hamilto🍰n has struggled, even compared to new teammate George Russell, who is 34 points ahead in the standings.
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Silverstone could be a great opportunity for Mercedes with its smooth track surface and high-speed corners expected to suit the Mercedes package - think back to Barcelona where Hamilton showed great race pace (similar to eventual race wi♍nner Max Verstappen) to recover to fifth from the back of the 🐻grid after his collision with Kevin Magnussen.
Here are three records that Hamilton could break this season - two ൲positive and one less so…
Most wins at the same grand prix
Hamilton has eight wins at the British Grand Prix (2008, 201﷽4, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 🎃2021).
The seve🥂n-time champion also has eight wins💎 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Michael Schumacher has eight victories at the French Grand Prix.
Victory for Hamilton on Sunday woul𝔍d give him the record ❀of the most wins at the same grand prix.
Most podiums on home soil
Hamilton is currently level with four-time worl🙈d chamᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpion Alain Prost with 11 podiums each on home turf.
The Mercedes driver has 11 podiums at the Britis♋h GP, while Prost stood on the podium the same amount of times in France.
Could Hamilton go 11 races without a win?
Hamilton hꦆas gone 10 races 🐼without a grand prix victory, one more race then it will be a record.
He went 10 races without a wi𝄹n in 2008 following the Chines🤪e Grand Prix before returning to the top step at the Hungaroring in 2009.
Ha🍰milton won the 2012 United States GP before going on a 10-race streak of not winning again, up until the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix🍌.
That was his only viꦅctory for Mercedes♚ in that season, going on another 10-race streak before standing on the top step in the second race of 2014.
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