With his victory in Silverstone GP, Lewis Hamilton has once again rewritten the record books in Formula 1. His ninth home win, number 104 of his career, allows him to break record after record. Let's find out which ones.
Silverstone GP Stats: Hamilton's ninth symphony at home
- Lewis Hamilton has broken a 56-race winless streak. His last victory dates back to the Grand Prix ofSaudi Arabia of the 2021, marking the longer fasting of his career.
- This victory represents his ninth at Silverstone, absolute record for a driver on a single track.
- A 39 years and 182 days, Hamilton became the Oldest Grand Prix winner of the 21st century.
- No one had ever won a Grand Prix beyond the 300th race. Hamilton won on his 344th start.
- This triumph also marks his twelfth consecutive podium at Silverstone and fifteenth overall, extending his record for the most podiums on a single circuit. Since the hybrid era began (2014), Hamilton has never stepped off the podium at home.
- With 17 years having passed since his first career victory (2007 Canadian GP), Hamilton also broke the record forlongest interval between first win and most recent win. Kimi's record surpassed Raikkonen (15 years between Malaysia 2003 and Austin 2018).
Silverstone GP statistics: McLaren constant, Hulkenberg and Haas surprise
- In 2024, Hamilton is the first driver outside of Norris and the drivers Classic Ferrari for sale (Leclerc, Sainz and Bearman) to win the award pilot of the day.
- La McLaren, for his part, he concluded podium in the last eight consecutive races, reaching the best series since 2011-2012, when he collected 13 podiums in a row between the two seasons.
- For Haas, Nico Hulkenberg got the his second consecutive sixth place after the Austrian GP. For the first time since 2018, German (which will move to Sauber in 2025) finishes in the top six in two consecutive races.
- On that occasion, Hulkenberg was racing for Renault. Coincidentally, it's also been six years since the last time Haas he finished sixth in two races in a row (2018 French and Austrian Grands Prix).
This Silverstone Grand Prix demonstrated once again that the history of Formula 1 is written by those who never stop fighting and refuse to give up, as Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton did last Sunday.
