Hamilton triumphant at Portimao and breaks the record of 92 victories, becoming the most successful driver with most wins in Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes secures his 92nd race win in Formula 1 career and became the most successful driver in terms of victories in Formula 1 history, at Portimao in Portuguese GP. Although started from pole position, Hamilton got passed by both Bottas and McLaren’s Carlos Sainz after a dramatic opening lap, as the Mercedes team mates struggled to get their medium tyres working. By the next lap Sainz took lead from Bottas promising a interesting race ahead. Verstappen also had issues in the first lap, as he got tangled with Sergio Perez and sending the Mexican spinning, forcing Racing Point to take an early pit stop. Meanwhile Mercedes duo quickly re-passed Sainz who eventually ended his race in sixth, once the tyres are back to the working temperature. Later Verstappen crossed the line third and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc impressed again with fourth place, cementing the comment from his team mate Vettal “Monegasque is currently in another league”. Pierre Gasly finished a fantastic fifth with lots of action packed overtakes throughout the race. A humongous effort from Perez’s put him to fifth but ended his race in seventh, as the Mexican got passed in the final stages by both Gasly and Sainz.

Even though, the Renault duo Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo struggled, they crossed line in a decent eighth and ninth respectively at chequered flag. Sebastian Vettel in the second Ferrai rounded of the points with a tenth place finish. Veteran Kimi Räikkönen once gain amazed with his performance and narrowly missed the point finish. The agony for Alexander Albon continues as he only could manage a P12 place which means his seat in Red Bull will be questioned again by the critics and by the Red Bull management.

Lando Norris has a bad race after the collision by Racing Point’s Lance Stroll only managed a thirteenth place. However, the Canadian received a 5 second penalty for causing the collision and another 5 second penalty for track limits infringements, before Racing Point retired his car. George Russell in Williams finished in fourteenth after showing the glimpses of his performance during the race. The second Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi crossed the line in 15th place ahead of both Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean. The second Williams of Nicholas Latifi finished in 19th ahead of Daniil Kvyat in AlphaTauri rounded of the classified driver list. The return of Portuguese Grand Prix will be remembered for the moment which Lewis Hamilton became Formula 1’s most successful driver of all time in terms of victories, a mighty record from the six-time World Champion in F1.

Hamilton wins Eifel GP and takes record equalling 91st victory as Ricciardo claims his first podium with Renault

Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton has paralleled win record of Michael Schumacher with his 91st F1 victory at Eifel GP 2020 as his pole sitting team mate Valtteri Bottas had to retire his W11 due to a loss of power, which is incidentally Mercedes’s first DNF of 2020. As part of the immediate post-race interviews, Hamilton was presented with one of Michael Schumacher’s race helmets by Mick Schumacher, who congratulated him on the historic achievement. “I’m so honoured. I really appreciate that,” Hamilton told Mick Schumacher after being handed the red Mercedes helmet. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen crossed the line in P2 with the fastest lap point on his lat last towards the chequered flag. Meanwhile Daniel Ricciardo secured his first podium for the Renault team, since his win for Red Bull at Monaco in 2018. This also the first podium for Renault since returning to the sport in 2016.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez came home in P4 after a tough battle with Daniel for the final podium place. Carlos Sainz of sole remaining McLaren finished P5 had a stealthily brilliant race from AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly saw him take P6 after a late pass on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The second Racing Point of super sub Nico Hulkenberg, who did a fine cameo job in place of Lance Stroll to jump from P20 to P8. With such short notice, that he couldn't even take part in practice on Saturday, joined the team few minutes before the qualifying did an awesome race which earned the driver of the day. Romain Grosjean of Haas secured his first points of the season finished in P9, while Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi claimed the final points paying position, just holding off the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel in the second Ferrari disappoints again with a pointless finish in P11 ahead of Kimi Räikkönen of Alfa Romeo who broke the record with 323rd start. Kevin Magnussen in second Hass crossed the line in P13 with Nicholas Latifi in Williams in p14 and Daniil Kvyat inn second Alpha Taruri rounded of the drivers who completed the race. Earlier George Russell had to retire his car after colliding with Kimi followed by Valtteri Bottas who retired due to a power loss. Later Bottas was joined by the Renault of Esteban Ocon, the Red Bull of Alex Albon, and the McLaren of Lando Norris due to meachanical issues. Now all eyes turns to Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul who is getting a tattoo as Riccardo announces that “It's real; It's going to happen” during the postrace interviews.

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas wins in Sochi with Verstappen in Second and Hamilton in third

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas claimed his second victory of 2020 at the Russian Grand Prix, as a ten second penalty for the pole setter Lewis Hamilton forced him to third. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen scored Red Bull’s first ever podium at Sochi in P2. Hamilton started the race with the investigation on for a pair of practice start infringements on his laps to the grid. Later 5 seconds penalty for each incident was handed to Hamilton during mid-race, ruling him out of contention for the win. Incidentally, Hamilton will get a licence penalty point for each of the two time penalties received in this race. This will take his penalty tally to 10,two short of a race ban. Earlier, Bottas had passed Verstappen for second at the race start, and Verstappen himself plunged to fourth later recovered to third from where both enjoyed a trouble free race to the chequered flag. This would have been an confidence booster for Bottas, who needs to be fighting for the championship with Hamilton and Verstappen too after two DNFs.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez came home with fourth behind the podium positions. Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo, after a 5 second penalty had enough pace in hand to maintain P5 at the flag, ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in sixth. Esteban Ocon in the second Renault, who let his team mate pass in race after failing to overtake Leclerc, crossed the line in P7. Home hero Daniil Kvyat impressed in his AlphaTauri with P8 finish ahead of his teammate of Pierre Gasly. Pierre Gasly himself had a personal moment in the race with the Red Bull of Alex Albon, who came home P10, having started P15 after receiving a five-place penalty for changing his gearbox.

Antonio Giovinazzi in Alfa Romeo crossed eleventh ahead of Kevin Magnussen in Haas. Sebastian Vettel in the second Ferrari disappoints again with a P13 finish who had few interesting battles with two Renault cars in between the race. Behind Vettel, Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen finished P14 as he matched Rubens Barrichello’s tally of 322 F1 starts. This means the Finn is set to make a record his own at the upcoming Eifel Grand Prix at Germany. Lando Norris in McLaren on could manage P15 as Willams’ Nicholas Latifi finished in P16. Romain Grosjean in the second Haas and George Russell in the second Willams rounded off the race finishers. Meanwhile, McLaren’s Carlos Sainz who ripped the front right corner off his car while trying to re-join the track at Turn 3, and Racing Point’s Lance Stroll who was tagged by Charles Leclerc at Turn 4, are the two DNFs of the race. These two events invoked the safety car in the first lap which were the only incidents, otherwise a trouble free race event, after the double red flagged races in Italy.

After two red flag stoppages at Mugello, Hamilton wins the first ever Tuscan GP with Bottas in second as Alex Albon secures his maiden podium.

Lewis Hamilton take victory at Mugello in an absolute thriller with Mercedes team scored yet another Merceres 1-2 in Ferrari’s 1000 GP race. The action-packed race witnessed multi-car crashes within the first 10 laps, two red flag stoppages and an exciting sprint race like finish helped Alex Albon score his first F1 podium. Valtheri Bottas for Mercedes only could manage a second, after a great start in the be first stint and eventually finised +4.880s behind Hamilton. Meanwhile, Albon pulled off a fantastic move on Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo in the last part of the race to claim an important third for Red Bull, after his team mate retired the race in the first lap incident. Ricciardo come home in fourth, tantalisingly close to his first podium with Renaultas Sergio Perez finished fifth for Racing Point.

Lando Norris finished in sixth for McLaren, ahead of the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat in P7. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc classified eighth at the team’s 1000th GP. Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen crossed the line in eighth but classified as ninth after receiving a five-second race penalty for crossing the line at pit entry. The second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel finished in points rounding out the top 10. Williams’ George Russell finished in 11th, agonizingly close to the team’s first point finish of the year, as he was running ninth in the last restart after the second red flag of the race. Haas’ Romain Grosjean finished 12th of the 12 runners classified.

Racing Point’s Lance Stroll went off at Arrabbiata 2 while holding fourth place on lap 43 and crashed into the tyre barriers which brings out the Safety Car and later red flagged as the barriers needs to be checked and repaired. Replays show that Stroll may have picked up a rear tyre puncture, the Canadian helpless as the rear slides away and he flies through the gravel and into the barriers. Earlier, in the beginning of the race Verstappen dropped back after just a poor start, and behind Gasly was squeezed between a Raikkonen and Grosjean sandwich. Those three battling came up to the Red Bull to punt him out the race. Last week’s race winner Gasly also had to retire early after the incident with Max as he too wound up in the gravel. This brings the first safety car and the race restarted on 7 as Sainz, Giovinazzi and Magnussen have all collided and are parked up on the main straight on the restart brining red flags. Replays show that Magnussen was going very slowly at the restart. Giovinazzi was straight in the back of him, and then those two collected Sainz and Latifi. Esteban also had to retire his car due to brake overheating during red flag period.

Pierre Gasly for Alpha Tauri takes his maiden win in “Sprint Race” like Italian GP with Sainz in second and Stroll in third

AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly claim his maiden Formula 1 victory at an eventful 2020 Italian Grand Prix. In one of the most remarkable F1 races ever had, McLaren’s Carlos Sainz finished second, with Racing Point’s Lance Stroll completing the podium. The eventful scenes of Italian Grand Prix started by a Safety Car brought out as Kevin Magnussen retired his car just outside the pit lane. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton and Antonio Giovinazzi dived into the pit lane when it was closed, whereas rest of the drivers stayed in the race. Later Hamilton and Giovinazzi was handed stop and go penalty. This helped Gasly at the head of the field, as he had pitted just before the Safety Car was brought out. But on Lap 24, Charles Leclerc had a huge crashed at the Parabolica, which brought 25-minute red flag period. Leclerc was able to climb from his car for every one’s relief. But when the race got underway with a second start, the Frenchman hold his place brilliantly to take a sensational maiden win in Formula 1 at AlphaTauri’s home race.

Lando Norris finished a brilliant fourth for McLaren, holding off the leading Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas in P5, The Finn had a poor start that left him sixth at the end of Lap 1. Ricciardo for Renault took sixth ahead of Hamilton, who recovered well from his penalty to take P7 from the last spot. The Second Renault of Esteban Ocon crossed eight,as the second AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat in P9 and the Racing Point of Sergio Perez rounding out the top 10. Nicholas Latifi finished just outside the points in P11. There were high emotions in the Williams garage ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, as outgoing Deputy Team Principal Claire Williams, on her family’s final race with their historic team waves out Nicholas Latifi into the pit lane before the race.

Romain Grosjean for Haas finished 12th ahead of Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Räikkönen, who was at P4 during restart after the red flag, while having been P3, Raikkonen fell as far as 13th by the end of the race. George Russell in second Williams finished P14. Alexander Albon was the sole RedBull finisher, only could manage P15 as he was handed a five-second race penalty for squeezing Romain Grosjean’s Haas into Turn 1. The second Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi rounded off the finishers list in P16. As both Ferraris had to retire from their home race, RedBull’s Max Verstappen also forced to retire on Lap 31, as the team spotted an issue on the PU. So, the 2020 Italian GP has become the first race in the turbo-hybrid era that a Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari hasn’t finished on the podium.

Hamilton dominates and wins his fourth win at Spa with Mercedes 1-2 finish as Verstappen finished in third

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton from the pole. leading every lap, took fifth victory of the season at the Belgian Grand Prix. Meanwhile his team mate Valtteri Bottas couldn’t overcome the first lap slipstreaming contest down to Les Combes, only to cross the line in second as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took third to maintain his record of finishing on the podium in each race of 2020 season. Bottas finished eight seconds behind his team mate, with Verstappen a further seven seconds in P3.

Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth which was the team’s best of the year, crossed the line under four seconds behind Verstappen with the last lap fastest lap point. His team mate Esteban Ocon also impressed by overtaking the struggling Red Bull of Alex Albon on the final lap to take fifth. Albon could hold onto sixth from the McLaren of Lando Norris who finished under 1 second from the Red Bull car. An impressive drive aided with a good strategy helped Pierre Gasly to take eighth for AlphaTauri. Meanwhile the Spa specialists Racing Points, could only manage P9 and P10 with Lance Stroll leading Sergio Perez rounded top 10.

The second Alpha Tauri of Daniil Kvyat finished eleventh with Kimi Räikkönen of Alfa Romeo in twelfth. Notably Kimi finished ahead of both the Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc who finished out of the points in P13 and P14 respectively. It was a extremely frustrating Spa weekend for ferrari with tough qualifying followed up by an equally burdensome race, with the team’s cars coming home in the positions they’d started in, but Sebastian Vettel having moved ahead of Charles Leclerc. Both Haas drivers crossed the line in 15th and 17th with Romain Grosjean leading his team mate Kevin Magnussen. Nicholas Latifi of Williams spitted the Haas drivers and finished 16th. McLaren’s Carlos Sainz was unable to take the race start after a power unit issue, Meanwhile a big crash for Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi ended his race in lap 11, with Williams’ George Russell arriving on the scene and hitting Giovinazzi’s wheel, which forced his own retirement. Luckily both drivers emerged unhurt.

Check out the positions of Top-5 drivers at the time Hamilton crossing the finish line.

Hamilton dominates and wins his fifth Spanish GP win with Verstappen in P2 splitting Mercedes

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, after leading every lap from pole to finish completed his fifth Spanish Grand Prix win, and his fourth victory of the 2020 season with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen coming home ahead of the sister Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. After having a good start, Hamilton stormed in to first turn and never looked back executed a near perfect race even calling the (best) strategy to put mediums while his engineers opted for red softs. Verstappen also had a great start, jumped to second at the getaway, but could not challenge Hamilton as he finished 24s adrift. But Bottas had a poor start dropping him from P2 to P4 off the line, before eventually recovering to third in the beginning of the race without causing any issues. But a wrong strategy of using a set of used softs couldn’t help him catch Verstappen as he was pushed into traffic after the first pit stop. Eventually Bottas finished +44.752s behind his teammate.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez crossed the line in fourth but forced to as a five-second penalty for ignoring blue flags, promoting Lance Stroll P4. Perez eventually slotted into fifth, ahead of the McLaren of Carlos Sainz who maintained his 100% record of finishing in the points at his home race. This time Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel was in the points, as his late call on the one-stop strategy helped him to cross the line in seventh. The second Red Bull of Alexander Albon only managed eight as his strategy of pitting early for hards never paid off and more over spoiled his chances as he was pushed into the traffic after the first pitstop, raising eye brows again for a bad strategy call. Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri had a good race with some impressive moves in the mid field finished in ninth spot ahead of second McLaren of Lando Norris, this time no last lap magic rounded top 10 list.

Unfortunately, the two Renault drivers disappoints as they failed to materialize the expected strong race pace on race day as Daniel Ricciardo finished 11th with Esteban Ocon 13th. The alternate strategy of one pit stop also not helped the yellow and black cars as the both cars couldn’t finish in points. The second AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat, after a five-second penalty for ignoring blue flags, as like Sergio, splits the two Renaults and finished 12th outside the points. Kimi Räikkönen finished in 14th the same spot he started the race from. In between Kimi Raikkonen breaks record for most miles driven in sport’s history after completing lap 37 of the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. The Finn has raced over 50,000 miles – more than twice the circumference of the Earth.

Kevin Magnussen of Haas finished fifteenth ahead of the second Alfa Romeo of Giovinazzi who finished in 16th. The two Williams of George Russell and Nicholas Latifi finished P17 and P18. The second Haas of Grosjean Romain Grosjean was classified 19th and last after a half-spin at Turn 8 on the penultimate lap. Also, he might have some explaining to do in the next Grand Prix Drivers’ Association meeting, after he once again executed a late defensive move on Raikkonen. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, the only driver to retire from the race, after suffering an electrical issue at the halfway point that pitched him into a spin at Turn 15, before eventually retiring his SF1000.

Max Verstappen defeats Mercedes at Silverstone and wins Formula 1's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen has become the first non-Mercedes driver to win a race in 2020 F1 season aided with incredible driving and a brilliant strategy by the team. The interesting choice of tyres made by the F1 for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix produced an action-packed racing throughout the grid, encouraging teams to try out wide variety of strategies. Verstappen being the only driver in the top 10 to begin the race on the hard tyres. quickly passed the Racing Point of Nico Hulkenberg in P3 and he managed his pace brilliantly throughout the race, pressuring the Mercedes and forcing them to take alternative strategies secures his first victory since Brazil last year and Red Bull’s first win at Silverstone since 2012.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes accomplished a late-race surge on his team mate Valtteri Bottas with two laps to go into Brooklands to claim second place there by equaling the number of podiums finishes by Michael Schumacher. Meanwhile Bottas, probably the biggest looser of race, second time in three years that has failed to convert a Silverstone pole into a win, as he has to settle with third only after a questionable strategy performed by Mercedes team backing Hamilton to perform better in the last stint of the race.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with a one-stop work to claimed P4, while his team mate Sebastian Vettel could only manage P12, due to an early spin at the first corner of the race. Alex Albon took an impressive fifth in the second Red Bull, passing the Racing Point of Lance Stroll with a lap to go. Both Racing point drivers could not keep up the qualifying performances in the race as Stroll finished P6 ahead of stand-in team mate Nico Hulkenberg, who stopped very late on for soft tyres, later clarified that the Nico has reported a significant vibration towards the end of the race. Renault’s Esteban Ocon finished P8, ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris in P9 and the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat in P10, despite of his lower starting position, finished ahead of his team mate Pierre Gasly.

The second Mclaren driver Carlos Sainz finished 13th and the Renault of Daniel Ricciardo who had spun battling Sainz in the middle phase of the race could only manage a disappointing P14, who started 5th. Kimi Räikkönen of Alfa Romeo finished P15 from the last place of the start grid as his team mate Antonio Giovinazzi finished 17 just behind the Hass of Romain Grosjean who finished 16th. Both Williams drivers disappoints as they got rooted in the back of the grid with George Russell in 18th and Nicholas Latifi in 19th. Kevin Magnussen, the only non-finisher had to retire the car towards the end of the race.

L"ucky” Hamilton wins seventh British Grand Prix with a punctured tyre; Verstappen finishes second and Leclerc in third after a last lap tyre drama

Lewis Hamilton completes a hat trick win in 2020 season and accomplishes his seventh victory in the British Grand Prix in spite of his left-front tyre letting go in the last lap. Before taking the chequered flag, Mercedes were dominant and lead the race with 1-2 till 51st lap out of 52 laps. On lap 50, then second-placed Valtteri Bottas suffered a uncommon tyre puncture costing him second place and finished 11th. Hamilton suffered the same issue half a lap still to go, but was able to complete the race with the punctured tyre without losing any places. However, "lucky and unlucky" Verstappen who pitted a few laps from the end for claiming fastest lap, crossed the line five seconds (which was around 35 seconds on final lap) behind of limping Hamilton. Charles Leclerc finished an unlikely third, after a lonely race in his Ferrari with nearly 13 seconds behind Max.

Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo claimed fourth as McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, who was set to finish fourth, had a similar tyre issue which dropped him P13. The other McLaren of Lando Norris crossed the line in fifth as he was able to keep up his reputation of overtaking at least 1car in the last lap. Renault’s Esteban Ocon finished sixth who had a race-long personal battle with the Racing Point of Lance Stroll, with Pierre Gasly finished seventh for AlphaTauri. Stroll was only able to finish 9th with Alex Ablon overtaking him in the last lap. Meanwhile Albon finished eighth for Red Bull, after recovering from a Lap 1 tussle with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and a 5 second penalty (for causing the accident with Kevin). Sebastian Vettel finished 10th after holding off a late charge from the recovering Mercedes of Bottas, who finished 11th.

George Russell of Williams finished an impressive 12th with Carlos Sainz on his tail. Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi finishes 14th with his team mate, Kimi Räikkönen with a struggling and damaged car in plum last. The lone ranger, Nicholas Latifi finished 15th and the man with alternate statergy Romain Grosjean of Haas finished a fighting 16th. AlphaTauri's Daniel Kvyat suffered that misfortune just 13 laps into Sunday’s British Grand Prix, as his car snapped sideways through the left-handed swoop and speared into the barriers. Kevin Magnussen after his tussle with Alex also could not complete his race. Meanwhile, Nico Hulkenberg could not even start his race as the Racing Point team discovered a technical issue on the RP20 that he'd taken over from Sergio Perez on Friday.

Hamilton clinches his 'EIGHTH' Hungarian Grand Prix win, with Verstappen in second and Bothas in third

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton wins eighth Hungarian Grand Prix victory and he is now tied with Michael Schumacher’s record for most number of wins at a single venue. Starting from pole, Hamilton quickly build a comfortable lead in the early laps. He miraculously managed the medium tyres and his pace over his rivals in the race at the Hungaroring. At the chequered flag he was having a comfortable 8.7s lead to Verstappen and sealed his hat-trick win at Hungaroring.

Verstappen had an embarrassing crash into the Turn 12 wall on his lap to the grid that required some urgent repairs. But an extraordinary effort by his crew, completed the full repair in time made Max feel the car as 'Brand New'. ‘Second feels like a win’ says Verstappen at post race as he had to recover from the crash and the Dutchman had to hold off the vicious attack by third place Valtteri Bottas in the final stages of the race.

Racing Point’s Lance Stroll couldn’t convert his P3 grid position into the team’s first podium of the year as he came home a distant fourth. His teammate Perez also coudn't keep the second row start, but only able to finish at 7th after a poor start. The rejuvenated Red Bull’s Alex Albon late pass on the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel gave Albon P5, who started who started 13th. although Red Bull were summoned to the stewards after the race for allegedly drying Albon’s grid spot ahead of the race start. Vettel finished at P6 and hold off the second Racing Point of Sergio Perez in the final laps of the race.

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo had an impressive P8 with a remarkable tyre managed race. An inspired strategy from Haas helped Kevin Magnussen take the team’s first points of the year, with Magnussen and Romain Grosjean pitting for slicks at the end of the formation lap as their rivals started on intermediates on the drying track. Kevin finished P9 and Grosjean P15. Best of the McLarens was Carlos Sainz who finished P10, thanks to a late-race pass on the Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who ended up 11th. His teammate Lando Norris, only could manage P13.

Alpha Tauri's Daniil Kvyat finished P12 with his teammate Pierre Gasly had to retire his car with smoking engine, who was the sole retirement of the race.

Renault's Esteban Ocon finished P14 with two Alfa Romeos finishing at P16(Kimi)and P17(Giovinazzi). Williams could not replicate the majestic form in the qualifying, finished a disappointing 18th and 19th, with George leading his teammate Latifi.