F1 British GP: The records Lewis Hamilton could smash, and the one he wants to avoid…
Lewis Ha𓃲milton heads into his home F1 race at the British Grand Pr💜ix after making his worst start to a season since 2009.
🐠With just t🐲wo podiums in the opening nine grands prix of the year, Hamilton is only sixth in the drivers’ championship.
An inconsistent Mercedes W13 combined with some bad luck has mea🔯nt that Hamilton has struggled, ev📖en 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 winner Max Verstappen) to recover to fifth from the back of the grid af🍌ter his collision with Kevin Magnussen.
Here are three records that Hamilton could br𒁃eak this season - two 💎positive and one less so…
Most wins at the same grand prix
Hamilton has eight wins at the British Grand Prix (20💟08, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 202♓0, 2021).
The seven-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 would give him🤪 the record of the most wi🦋ns at the same grand prix.
Most podiums on home soil
🎉Hamilt﷽on is currently level with four-time world champion Alain Prost with 11 podiums each on home turf.
The Mercedes driver has 11 podiums at the British GP, while Prost stood on the podium the﷽ same amount🌃 of times in France.
Could Hamilton go 11 races without a win?
Hamilton has gone 10 races without a grand prix victory, one more race then ཧit💦 will be a record.
He went 10 races without a win in 2008 following the Chinese Grand Prix before returning to the💞 top step at the Hungaroring in 2009.
Hamilton 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 victory for Mercedes i꧅n that season, going on another 10-race streak 💝before standing on the top step in the second race of 2014.
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