Sixth driver in history to complete 300 races in F1, Lewis Hamilton failed to break the longest fast of his career, but achieved his biggest result of the season so far.
The Englishman finished the French Grand Prix in second place, between Max Verstappen, champion of the competition, and George Russell, in third. The race took place this Sunday (24), at the Paul Ricard circuit.
Before Hamilton, only five drivers reached 300 GPs in the category: the Finnish Kimi Raikkonen (350), the Spanish Fernando Alonso (345), the Brazilian Rubens Barrichello (323), the German Michael Schumacher (307) and the English Jenson Button. (306).
With 11 more races to go until the end of the season, Hamilton will have a chance to finish the year fourth in the rankings with 310 races.
After starting in fourth position, the English driver took third place in the first few laps, behind Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, who was leading the competition. He took second place on lap 16 as the Dutchman went to the pit stop.
On the 18th lap, Leclerc crashed the car and left the track, leaving the rear end destroyed. As a result, he was disqualified. He even complained about the throttle, alleging a mechanical failure, but later acknowledged that he had made a mistake.
At that moment, Hamilton reached the first position, but went to the box and was not able to regain it. He remained in second place for most of the race. His strategy was to maintain the position, without allowing his opponents to overtake him.
The dispute for third place, which ended up being occupied by George Russell, was dynamic. He fought with Sergio Pérez until the last lap for the result.
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