Schumacher’s F1 record recently lost to Hamilton

At times, fastest laps may have had limited significance in Formula 1; still, Lewis HamiltonThe fastest race lap at the Singapore Grand Prix marked his 16th consecutive season of achieving this feat, which is not to be underestimated.

Michael Schumacher He was the previous record holder, having achieved the fastest laps every year from his first full F1 campaign in 1992 until his early retirement at the end of the 2006 season.

Hamilton made his F1 debut the following year, achieving a runner-up finish in 2007 and won the world title in 2008 with 13 poles and a total of nine wins, but only three fastest laps – before he failed to achieve any in 2009, in what was a difficult season for him. mclarenThat year, he came closest at the Italian GP with a deficit of 0.063 seconds over Force India. adrian sutil,

Since then, Hamilton has had at least one fastest lap every year. Let’s see how he did it.

2010 – five fastest laps

Hamilton is an oft-forgotten title contender from the 2010 season, in which no one scored more fast laps than him – five, as many ferrari‘S fernando alonsoIn the final year of the pre-Pirelli and pre-DRS era, the McLaren driver held a lead of 0.004 seconds over Alonso at Shanghai, Barcelona, ​​Spa-Francorchamps, Interlagos and Yas Marina.

2011 – three fastest laps

The 2011 season was arguably Hamilton’s worst as a team-mate jensen button Amidst the many mistakes of his junior, he took the lead. Hamilton nevertheless achieved the three fastest laps at Barcelona, ​​the Nürburgring and Monza – the latter by 0.020 seconds more than Button.

2012 – One Fastest Lap

McLaren had a very competitive car in 2012, as evidenced by the team’s eight poles and seven wins, but Hamilton only took one fastest lap… in the rain-affected title decider in Brazil – where track conditions were best between laps 34 and 39. Hamilton lapped in 1m18.069 seconds, trailing Button by 0.039 seconds, but retired in a collision with Force India. Nico Hulkenberg,

2013 – One Fastest Lap

Hamilton moved mercedes for 2013, but the team had yet to become a powerhouse. The Briton won just one race, in Hungary, and set the fastest lap in Italy with a 1m25.849 seconds, which was 0.651 seconds faster than anyone else. That was on the penultimate lap, when Hamilton made the most of the slipstream to overtake former team-mate Button on the main straight.

2014 – seven fastest laps

Mercedes became almighty in the new turbo hybrid era, and so did Hamilton, who won his second world title with seven fastest laps in Malaysia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Japan and Brazil. His margin at Sepang reached 0.894 (he admitted making a pitstop for fresh tires later, but so did his teammate). nico rosberg) and 1.222 seconds at Marina Bay (where his pitstop was much later than any other).

2015 – eight fastest laps

Hamilton’s greatest season. Mercedes’ dominance continued and Hamilton prevailed in Australia, China, Spain, Britain, Italy, Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. He was 1.002 seconds faster than Rosberg at Suzuka.

2016 – three fastest laps

Given how dominant the Mercedes still were, the number of fastest laps was remarkably low, and it could have been even lower. Hamilton was 0.066 seconds faster than Ferrari sebastian vettel In Monaco, he had a lead of 0.080s and 0.0163s over Rosberg in Austria and Belgium respectively.

2017 – seven fastest laps

Hamilton had a new teammate valtteri bottasAnd Mercedes was now being challenged by Ferrari, but still took fastest laps in China, Bahrain, Spain, Canada, Austria, Britain – that is, six out of nine races – and Singapore. Most of the time, his margin over Vettel or Red Bull was very slim. Daniel Ricciardo And max verstappen,

2018 – three fastest laps

Another season with Ferrari as Mercedes’ main rival, and Hamilton only took fastest laps in Germany, Italy and the United States. That Monza was extremely tight, with a gap of 0.008 to Vettel. At Austin, some 10 to 15 laps later than his rivals, Hamilton was 0.854 seconds faster than Verstappen.

2019 – six fastest laps

Mercedes again dominated as F1 resumed bonus points for fastest lap. Hamilton won on six occasions – including at Monza, where he held the record for fastest lap at the same track. In that event, his margin over Vettel was 1.020, but that was reduced by a late pitstop.

However, Hamilton lost the fastest laps to Vettel at Paul Ricard and late pitstops by Verstappen at the Hungaroring.

2020 – six fastest laps

Six more fastest laps during that COVID-affected season at the Hungaroring, Silverstone, Monza, Mugello, Portimao and Imola – each of which were by large margins, between 0.4 and 1.2.

Hamilton’s dominance was so significant that, while leading the Hungarian GP, ​​he made a late pitstop for new tyres, snatching fastest lap and still retaining the victory.

At the Italian GP, ​​famously won pierre gaslyHamilton set a time of 13 which was enough to lead the fastest-lap table; However, a stop-go penalty for pitting when the pitlane was closed deprived him of the victory.

Late pitstops by rivals deprived Hamilton of the two fastest laps: carlos saenz At the Styrian round and at Bottas in Spain.

2021 – six fastest laps

In his titanic title battle against Verstappen, Hamilton posted six fastest laps – equal to the Dutchman – at Imola, Monaco, Spielberg, Zandvoort, Austin and Jeddah. His advantage was always larger than 0.6, but was sometimes reduced until late pitstops.

Meanwhile, Red Bull’s sergio perez Late pitstops in Britain and Brazil took away the fastest lap from Hamilton, costing him two valuable points in a tight championship race; Gasly of AlphaTauri in Hungary did the same.

2022 – Two fastest laps

Mercedes struggled in the first year of F1’s new ground-effect era. Hamilton still set the fastest lap in qualifying at Silverstone and the Hungaroring, where he finished third and second respectively. This is two less than the teammate george russellHowever, Mercedes’ new race driver benefited from late pitstops on three occasions.

2023 – four fastest laps

Hamilton took qualifying wins in Monaco and Mexico, while making the most of final pitstops in Belgium and Singapore. He finished all four races in the top four.

Canada was another race where Hamilton was competitive, finishing third on the podium, but a late pitstop by Pérez deprived him of the fastest lap.

2024 – Two fastest laps

Hamilton set consecutive fastest laps, taking honors in Monaco and Canada for the first time since 2020 – although he finished only seventh and fourth on the road – with 0.404 and 0.039 margins over Verstappen and Russell respectively.

He lost the third fastest lap lando norrisWho held on late in Las Vegas, where Mercedes made a one-two with Russell on the top step of the podium.

2025 – One fastest lap

Hamilton set the fastest lap at the Singapore Grand Prix with a time of 1m33.808 seconds which was 0.765 seconds faster than second fastest Gasly. The new Ferrari racer set that time just after his lap 46 pitstop for the soft tires used in the 62-lap race.

This was Hamilton’s 68th fastest lap; Schumacher remains the record holder with 77 Kimi Raikkonen Third at 46.

Hamilton also ran fastest in the Shanghai race but was disqualified due to a technical violation, so he lost the fastest lap award.

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