Lewis Hamilton’s first grand prix victory as a Ferrari driver was a race filled with notable statistics and milestones.
He became the 16th driver in history to win races for three different teams, and at this stage he is the oldest race-winner since 1970, ranking as the seventh-oldest winner of all time. More precisely, Hamilton is the fourth-oldest driver to record an outright Formula 1 world championship race victory. Three drivers who registered wins at an older age do not meet the “outright victory” criterion: Luigi Fagioli’s lone win was shared with another driver, Piero Taruffi’s sole victory occurred during a season run to Formula 2 regulations, and Sam Hanks’ only success was in the Indianapolis 500 when that event counted towards the world championship.
Hamilton’s triumph was also a landmark for Ferrari engines, marking their 250th grand prix victory. Nearly all of those wins were achieved by the factory Ferrari team; the sole exception came when Sebastian Vettel won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix in a Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso.
Mercedes-powered cars remain a dominant force, with 245 grands prix won overall. This year Mercedes-powered entries have taken victory at every round except the most recent one. In pole positions, Mercedes and Ferrari are now level, each having claimed 256 poles.
The podium in this race featured three British drivers: Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris. It was the 12th all-British podium in Formula 1 history. The last time three drivers of the same nationality occupied the podium was 43 years ago, when France completed a sweep at the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix with Patrick Tambay winning ahead of Alain Prost and René Arnoux. On that occasion the all-French result followed Riccardo Patrese spinning out of second place late in the race; in the recent all-British sweep, Andrea Kimi Antonelli retired from second place with five laps remaining.
British drivers now hold the record for the most podium sweeps by nationality. Other nations that have achieved three-driver podiums are France (three sweeps), Italy (six) and the United States. The United States’ 11 podium sweeps all came at the Indianapolis 500 in the editions that counted towards the world championship between 1950 and 1960.
This victory was Hamilton’s seventh at the Circuit de Catalunya, though it is not counted as his seventh Spanish Grand Prix win because an upcoming new race in Madrid holds that particular title. His win at the Catalunya circuit extends his record tally there to 106 career victories, putting him 15 ahead of Michael Schumacher. Both Hamilton and Schumacher earned their first wins for Ferrari at the Catalunya circuit; Schumacher achieved his 30 years earlier.
George Russell celebrated his 100th grand prix start for Mercedes and secured his 11th career pole position in the process, while Lando Norris reached the podium for McLaren in what is counted as the team’s 1,000th grand prix. These milestones highlight the individual and team achievements woven into the race narrative.
Qualifying produced another notable moment as Lance Stroll out-qualified his teammate for the first time in almost two years, ending a sequence of 42 rounds in which he had been unable to beat Fernando Alonso in single-lap pace.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s retirement from the race broke his streak of podium finishes this season. As a result, only Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly remain as drivers who have scored points at every round so far this year. Since the previous edition of these statistics, Gasly added his sixth podium finish of the season, while Isack Hadjar lost his streak of podium results.
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