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Historic result in Portimão: Lewis Hamilton, by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix, 12th stage of the 2020 World Championship, became the driver with the most wins in Formula 1, with 92 out of 262 races, which corresponds to a rate of success 35.11%. Britain’s Mercedes-AMG broke Michel Schumacher’s ‘unattainable’ record of 91 wins in 307 championship appearances (29.64%).
Hamilton, who lost the lead at the start of the race in the Algarve, after starting from pole for the 97th time (ninth in 2020), regained first position on lap 20 and finished the 66 laps at the Portimão Circuit with an advantage. very comfortable for the 2nd classified, Valtteri Bottas. The Finn finished 25.592 seconds behind the teammate, who also ‘accelerated’ in the drivers’ championship accounts, expanding the lead in the standings from 69 to 77 points, after adding the maximum of 26 in Portimão (he combined the 25 of the victory with bonus point for authorship is faster on the grand prize).
With just five grands prix to go, Hamilton has (almost) the seventh world title in his pocket, a record that will equal another record for Germany’s Michael Schumacher, still the most successful driver in Formula 1 history. when it comes to championships. In the Algarve, on the return of the top category of motorsport to our country, Lewis achieved the 161st podium of his career and the eighth victory in 2020, in 12 races.
For the seventh in 2020, sixth in the same order, Hamilton shared the podium with Bottas and Verstappen. The Red Bull-Honda Dutchman finished the race in 3rd position, 34.508 seconds behind the Briton, who achieved his first victory in his debut year in Formula One, on June 10, 2007, at the Canadian Grand Prix, in Montreal, in a McLaren-Mercedes, some eight months after Michael Schumacher won for the 91st time in the category, in Shanghai, China, on October 1, 2006.
Classifications
1st Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG, 1: 29,56,828 h
2nd Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG, +25.592 seconds
3rd Max Verstappen, Red Bull-Honda, +34.508 s
4th Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, +1.05,312 m
5th Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri-Honda, +1 turn
6th Carlos Sainz Jr., McLaren-Renault, +1 lap
7th Sergio Pérez, Racing Point-Mercedes, +1 lap
8th Esteban Ocon, Renault, +1 lap
9th Daniel Ricciardo, Renault, +1 lap
10th Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, +1 time
11th Kimi Räikkönen, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1 volt
12th Alexander Albon, Red Bull-Honda, +1 lap
Lando Norris, McLaren-Renault, +1 lap
14th George Russell, Williams-Mercedes, +1 turn
15th Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1 time
16th Kevin Magnussen, Haas-Ferrari, +1 volts
17th Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari, +1 volta
18th Nicholas Latifi, Williams-Mercedes, +2 laps
19th Daniil Kvyat, AlphaTauri-Honda, +2 volts
Fastest lap of the race: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG, 1,18,750m, on lap 63
World of drivers
1st Lewis Hamilton, 256 points
2nd Valtteri Bottas, 179 points
3rd Max Verstappen, 162 points
4. Daniel Ricciardo, 80 points
5th Charles Leclerc, 75 points
6th Sergio Pérez, 74 points
7th Lando Norris, 65 points
8 Alexander Albon, 64 points
9th Pierre Gasly, 63 points
10th Carlos Sainz Jr., 59 points
11. Lance Stroll, 57 points
12th Esteban Ocon, 40 points
13th Sebastian Vettel, 18 points
14th Daniil Kvyat, 14 points
15th Nico Hülkenberg, 10 points
16th Antonio Giovinazzi, 3 points
17th Kimi Räikkönen, 2 points
18th Romain Grosjean, 2 points
19th Kevin Magnussen, 1 point
20th Nicholas Latifi, 0 points
21st George Russell, 0 points
Builders world
1st Mercedes-AMG, 435 points
2nd Red Bull-Honda, 226 points
3rd Racing Point-Mercedes, 126 points
4th McLaren-Renault, 124 points
5th Renault, 120 points
6th Ferrari, 93 points
7th AlphaTauri-Honda, 77 points
8th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, 5 points
9th Haas-Ferrari, 3 points
10th Williams-Mercedes, 0 points
