Record-breaking Mercedes-Hamilton collaboration

Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton formed the most overwhelming union in the history of Formula 1, with their success since 2014. The winning car and driver in the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, which started 4 months late due to the Corona virus outbreak , I do not change. Mercedes was at the top of the teams and Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings.

The Mercedes team, which has dominated its competitors since 2014 when hybrid engines were used, did not slow down this year. To measure fuel flow, Mercedes regained the power advantage lost to Ferrari in 2018 and 2019 with the engine it developed after installing another sensor in the vehicles in 2020, and the DAS (Dual Axis Steering) system, which allows for changing the Inward-outward angle of the front wheels while driving. it showed that he was still hungry for success.

In addition to the uncompromising engineers of the Mercedes team, Hamilton’s consistent and nearly flawless driving, many F1 records that were considered unshakable changed hands.

Having made history as the first manufacturer to win 6 consecutive championships in both teams and drivers in the 2019 season, Mercedes has set its record in 7 years. Mercedes won the seventh consecutive team championship and captured the record it shared only with Ferrari. Italian manufacturer Ferrari was at the top of the team rankings for 6 years, from 1999 to 2004.

It is useful to compare the 1999-2004 period for Ferrari, the 1988-1991 period for McLaren and the 2010-2013 period for Red Bull to understand how superior Mercedes has dominated its competitors, which has been marking Formula 1, the peak of motorsports since the 2014 season. Mercedes, which has won 101 of the last 135 Formula 1 races, has a 74.8 percent win rate.

Red Bull-Renault, which won four consecutive championships with its staff of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber and finished 41 of 77 races, had a 53.2 percent win rate.

McLaren won 39 (60.9 percent) of 64 races during 1988-1991 under Ayrton Senna, and 63 (62.3 percent) of 101 races during 1999-2004, when Ferrari was in the driver’s seat of Michael Schumacher. When you think about it, the power difference between Mercedes and its rivals is better understood. In the last 7 seasons, only 3 more teams have won races. Ferrari 17, Red Bull 16, Alpha Tauri also saw the checkered flag for the first time.

Turkey in the first Grand Prix that Hamilton secured the championship with three races left in time. Hamilton, who won 10 of the 14 challenges this season and was the only driver to score in all the races he attended, reached the happy ending for the seventh time in F1 after 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. .

The 35-year-old was recorded as the second athlete to achieve this success for the seventh time after Michael Schumacher. It took Hamilton 8 years to break the record for “the driver who wins the most races in a team” Schumacher, who won 72 championships in 11 seasons with Ferrari.

Mercedes driver Hamilton, who won 84 races in his preseason F1 career, broke Schumacher’s record of 91 wins with his victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix. After Hamilton and Schumacher, Vettel (53), Alain Prost (51) and Ayrton Senna (41) are on the list of drivers who won the most F1 races.

Assuming the British driver, who scored 94 in the winning house with 3 races to go, will remain at Mercedes in 2021, when the rules will not change, it would not be a surprise to improve the record. Having captured the record at the 2017 Italian Grand Prix by signing his 69th career pole position, Hamilton started 9 races from first place this year.

Schumacher (68) and Senna (65) follow Hamilton, who has 97 poles so far. Vettel, who made the best 57 times in qualifying rounds, is in fourth place.

Hamilton won his fourth consecutive title, becoming the fourth driver after Schumacher, Fangio and Vettel. Hamilton, who has managed to win races in 14 seasons since entering Formula 1 in 2007, also got one step closer to Schumacher, the record holder in this field. Schumacher had won at least one race for 15 consecutive years from 1992 to 2006.

Hamilton entered his Formula 1 career with the McLaren-Mercedes team in 2007, achieving his first championship victory at the Canadian Grand Prix that same year. The British driver, who won his first F1 championship in 2008, surpassed Felipe Massa, with whom he fought for the top, by just one point.

Hamilton, who participated in 110 races in his six seasons with the McLaren team, won 21 first places (19 percent success rate) and 26 pole positions (23.6 percent). The British driver, for his part, has started 154 times for the Mercedes team, where he has competed since 2013, and achieved 73 first places (47.4 percent) and 71 pole positions (46.1 percent).

In other words, Hamilton, who won 3.5 races per season in the McLaren seat, averaged 9.1 first place at Mercedes, even though the 2020 season is not over yet. These Hamilton statistics revealed once again that to become a champion in motorsports, speed alone is not enough, you need to combine the best car with the best driver.