The seven-time world champion in Formula 1, the 41-year-old British Lewis Hamilton, won his 106th victory at the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday, but his first at the wheel of Ferrari, which significantly reduced the gap in the World Championship standings, as the leading Italian Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) had to give up five laps before the end.
The British are by third time in historyand for the first time since 1968, occupied all places on the podium, as Hamilton was joined by George Russell (Mercedes) and current world champion Lando Norris (McLaren).
Thank you very muchyou helped me achieve this dream of mineHamilton told his teammates over the radio after crossing the finish line.
“Forza Ferrari!”
Listen to Lewis react to his maiden win for the team 🥹#F1 #BarcelonaGP pic.twitter.com/uaSwEaU0BZ
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“Forza Ferrari”, exclaimed the record holder twice for the number of victories (106) and podium finishes (206), and he also became the oldest winner of the race in the last 56 years, since the Australian Jack Brabham, who was almost 44 years old in 1970 when he celebrated at the South African Grand Prix.
Hamilton is on his 106th victory was waiting for the Belgian Grand Prix in 2024, and he achieved it with a record seventh triumph at the Circuit de Catalunya in the suburbs of Barcelona, thanks to his excellent driving, but also to the excellent work of the leadership of the Ferrari team.
The biggest loser Sunday’s race is a 19-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelliwho at the end of the race with a brilliant maneuver managed to overtake teammate George Russell and take second place, but not long after that, five laps before the end, his car broke down, ending his five-race winning streak.
Antonelli thus remained at 156 points, and Hamilton reached 115. Russell is third with 106 points.
The next, the eighth race in this season is scheduled for two weeks, and will be driven on Red Bull’s home ground in Spielberg, Austria.
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