Defending champion and six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, a British Mercedes driver, won the Formula 1 Eifel Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on Sunday, setting the record of 91 racing victories for seven-time World Cup winner Michael Schumacher. World.

This was the 35-year-old’s seventh success this year, increasing his lead by 69 points on the compound with six races before the end of the season.

Behind Hamilton, Max Verstappen, the Dutch Red Bull driver, finished second, while Daniel Ricciardo, the Australian Renault driver, finished third.

At the beginning Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Hamilton fought hard with each other, after two corners the Finn stayed in the lead, Hamilton was second and Verstappen third.

At the start of lap 13, Bottas badly ruined the stopping distance of the first corner, so Hamilton caught up with him and passed him. Bottas then pitted to change wheels and returned to the track in third place. On lap 16, both Hamilton and Verstappen received new tires, and three laps later Bottas had to abandon the race due to a technical failure. Hamilton led, followed by Verstappen in second and Lando Norris (McLaren) in third.

Halfway through, Ricciardo took third place from Norris after the British driver drove into the pits to change wheels.

Twenty laps before the countdown, Hamilton and Verstappen had a lead in the first two places almost a minute over third Ricciardo, and even the safety car in the hair was inside the track, but the order of the podium places It didn’t change until the countdown.

Finland’s Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo), who finished in the 323rd race of his Formula 1 career, became 12th. World Cup winner Räikkönen in 2007 left Brazilian Rubens Barrichello’s top 322 F1 behind.

During the post-race interview, the son of the legendary seven-time Schumacher World Cup winner Mick handed over one of his father’s Mercedes helmets to Hamilton at the record.

The World Cup will resume in Portugal in two weeks.



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