Towering Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix, equals Schumacher record



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In a moving tribute, Mick Schumacher presented Hamilton with one of his father’s racing helmets.

Lewis Hamilton equals the win count of the legendary Michael Schumacher, winning a special award from Michael’s son Mick. Image: @ F1 / Twitter

NÜRBURGRING – Lewis Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula One victories on Sunday when he guided his Mercedes to a narrow, if measured victory in a frenzied Eifel Grand Prix.

Making the most of the early retirement of his teammate and pole winner Valtteri Bottas from engine problems, the runaway series leader and six-time champion drove a well-timed race to claim his seventh victory in 11 races this year. year.

“What a result,” he said on the Mercedes team radio after removing Max Verstappen’s checkered flag for Red Bull with Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo in third place.

In a moving tribute, Mick Schumacher presented Hamilton with one of his father’s racing helmets.

“Looking at Michael’s dominance for so long, I don’t think anyone, especially me, can think of approaching Michael in terms of records,” Hamilton said.

At a circuit where seven-time German champion Schumacher won five times, Hamilton took his second victory at the Nurburgring, the previous one for McLaren in 2011.

Bottas’s bad luck gave Hamilton his chance and he almost certainly ended his own title fight when the Briton moved ahead 69 points in the drivers’ championship.

Ricciardo’s success on the podium meant he had won a bet with Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul that required the Frenchman to get a tattoo that the Australian prescribed.

Sergio Pérez finished fourth for Racing Point ahead of McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Racing Point’s Nico Hulkenberg.

For Hulkenberg, it was a remarkable result that came just 24 hours after he jumped into the cockpit of Lance Stroll’s car after a late call to action from a café in Cologne.

Romain Grosjean, with an injured finger, was ninth for Haas ahead of Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi.

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