Lewis Hamilton matched Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 91 wins in Formula One with victory in the Eifel Grand Prix on Sunday as he took another giant stride towards his seventh championship title at the Nurburgring.
Hamilton took the win by nearly five seconds from Max Verstappen, with Australian Daniel Ricciardo coming home third in Renault’s first podium finish since 2011.
Hamilton started behind his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas but took the lead when the Finn ran wide on lap 13. Bottas retired with a car problem five laps later before Hamilton comfortably held off Max Verstappen in the Red Bull after a safety car bunched up the pack late in the race.
Another record fell as Kimi Raikkonen started his 323rd race, beating the mark set by Rubens Barrichello from 1993 through 2011.
Raikkonen placed 12th after he picked up a time penalty for colliding with George Russell and sending the Williams driver into a spin. Russell retired with a puncture soon after.