LEWIS HAMILTON BECAME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVER IN FORMULA ONE HISTORY

                   

Hamilton celebrating his win at Algarve Circuit. Image Courtesy: Instagram

   Lewis Hamilton overtakes Michael Schumacher in terms victory, claims his 92nd Formula One victory.

Some players born to rewrite history, they are chasing their goals in different ways. Lewis Hamilton is chasing something unnatural, something beauty. Another race, another record, Hamilton turns out his best another time. The Mercedes’ driver has become the most successful driver in Formula One history. The Portugal Grand Prix saw him giving dominant effort to claim the victory from his teammate Valtteri Bottas and the Red Bull driver  Max Verstappen.  

Starting the race from pole position, Hamilton’s victory was looked very doubtful when the first lap turned into a very dramatic position. Mercedes’ Hamilton and Bottas failed to take lead as McLaren of Carlos Sainz  - Sainz took the lead. Even Hamilton’s teammate Bottas passed away from him in the opening lap. 

Once the gear up, it’s all about the dominance of Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes easily took the control and passed away Sainz, and Hamilton took a huge lead from his teammate Bottas in lap 20 of 66, and the rest of it just on the way to his 92nd win to pass away Michael Schumacher’s 91 Formula One wins. 

Hamilton won his 92nd win on his 262nd F1 race start. Schumacher reached his 91st win mark in his 247th Start. “I’m thinking of Michael today, I will forever have the utmost admiration and respect for you. It’s truly an honour to be mentioned in the same sentence as you”, Hamilton said after the race. 

“You are rewriting the history books”, Mercedes told Hamilton over team radio.  Hamilton applauded his team, “I owe it all to these guys here and back at the factory. It’s just been such a privilege working with them”. Hamilton won his 71st win with Mercedes and claim his 8th win in the season. 

                   

 Hamilton with his dog Roscoe after winning the race. Image Courtesy: Instagram

   

“I was pushing hard, but couldn’t go faster”, Bottas said on his defeat. 

Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished third and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished fourth. Four times world champion Sebastian Vettel earned the final point for Ferrari. 

The Algarve circuit near Portimao would be remembered for Hamilton’s record breaking race win. “I could never have dreamed of being where I am today”, Hamilton said on his achievements. 

“I didn’t  have a magic ball when I choose to come to this team and partner with great people, but here I am and what I can tell you is I’m trying to make the most of it every single day”.

Another milestone should be in very near. Hamilton is racing hard , faster and faster, he is not stopping.