The F1 report Schumacher simply misplaced to Hamilton

Quickest laps could have been, at occasions, of restricted significance in Components 1; nonetheless, Lewis Hamilton's quickest race lap within the Singapore Grand Prix marked his sixteenth consecutive season with the feat, which shouldn't be understated.

Michael Schumacher was the earlier report holder, having achieved quickest laps yearly from his first full F1 marketing campaign, in 1992, to his preliminary retirement on the finish of the 2006 season.

Hamilton made his F1 debut the next yr, taking a runner-up spot in 2007 and the world title in 2008 with 13 poles and 9 wins total, however simply three quickest laps – earlier than he failed to attain any in 2009, which was a troublesome season for McLaren. That yr, he got here closest on the Italian GP, with a 0.063s deficit on Pressure India's Adrian Sutil.

Since then, Hamilton has bought no less than one quickest lap yearly. Let's take a look at how he did it.

2010 – 5 quickest laps

Hamilton is the oft-forgotten title contender of the 2010 season, wherein no one bought extra quickest laps than him – 5, as many as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Within the final yr of the pre-Pirelli and pre-DRS period, the McLaren driver prevailed at Shanghai, Barcelona, Spa-Francorchamps, Interlagos – by 0.004s over Alonso – and Yas Marina.

2011 – Three quickest laps

The 2011 season arguably was Hamilton's worst, as team-mate Jenson Button took the higher hand amid quite a few errors by his junior. Hamilton nonetheless achieved three quickest laps at Barcelona, the Nurburgring and Monza – the latter by 0.020s over Button.

2012 – One quickest lap

McLaren had a really aggressive automobile in 2012, as proven by the group's eight poles and 7 wins, however Hamilton took only one quickest lap… within the eventful, rain-affected title decider in Brazil – the place monitor circumstances have been at their greatest between laps 34 and 39. Hamilton lapped in 1m18.069s, outpacing Button by 0.039s, however retired in a collision with Pressure India's Nico Hulkenberg.

2013 – One quickest lap

Hamilton moved to Mercedes for 2013, however the group was but to turn into the powerhouse it now could be. The Briton gained only one race, in Hungary, and set the quickest lap in Italy with a 1m25.849s that was 0.651s quicker than anybody else. That was on the antepenultimate lap, when Hamilton overtook former team-mate Button on the principle straight, profiting from the slipstream.

2014 – Seven quickest laps

Mercedes turned omnipotent within the new turbo hybrid period, and so did Hamilton, who took his second world title with seven quickest laps in Malaysia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Japan and Brazil. His margin reached 0.894s at Sepang (he admittedly had a later pitstop for recent tyres, however so did team-mate Nico Rosberg) and 1.222s at Marina Bay (the place he had a a lot later pitstop than anybody).

2015 – Eight quickest laps

Hamilton's most prolific season. Mercedes' supremacy continued, and Hamilton prevailed in Australia, China, Spain, Britain, Italy, Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. He was a whopping 1.002s quicker than Rosberg at Suzuka.

2016 – Three quickest laps

A remarkably low variety of quickest laps given how dominant Mercedes nonetheless was, and it may have been even fewer. Hamilton was 0.066s faster than Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in Monaco, whereas he loved a 0.080s and 0.0163s benefit over Rosberg in Austria and Belgium respectively.

2017 – Seven quickest laps

Hamilton had a brand new team-mate in Valtteri Bottas, and Mercedes was now being challenged by Ferrari, however he nonetheless took quickest laps in China, Bahrain, Spain, Canada, Austria, Britain – that's six in 9 races – and Singapore. More often than not, he had little or no margin on Vettel or Purple Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.

2018 – Three quickest laps

One other season with Ferrari as Mercedes' primary opponent, and Hamilton took quickest laps in Germany, Italy and america solely. That Monza one was extraordinarily tight, with an 0.008s hole to Vettel. At Austin, having pitted some 10 to fifteen laps later than his rivals, Hamilton was 0.854s quicker than Verstappen.

2019 – Six quickest laps

Mercedes was dominant once more as F1 reintroduced a bonus level for the quickest lap. Hamilton prevailed on six events – together with Monza, the place he co-holds the report for many quickest laps at a single monitor. In that prevalence, his margin was 1.020s in comparison with Vettel, however that was right down to a late pitstop.

Nonetheless, Hamilton did lose quickest laps to late pitstops by Vettel at Paul Ricard and Verstappen on the Hungaroring.

2020 – Six quickest laps

One other six quickest laps throughout that COVID-impacted season, on the Hungaroring, Silverstone, Monza, Mugello, Portimao and Imola – every of these with giant margins, between 0.4s and 1.2s.

Hamilton's dominance was so important that, main the Hungarian GP, he had a late pitstop for brand new tyres, snatching the quickest lap and retaining the win anyway.

Within the Italian GP, famously gained by Pierre Gasly, Hamilton set 13 occasions that have been ok to guide the fastest-lap desk; nevertheless, a stop-go penalty for pitting when the pitlane was closed value him the victory.

Late pitstops from rivals disadvantaged Hamilton of two quickest laps: Carlos Sainz within the Styrian spherical and Bottas in Spain.

2021 – Six quickest laps

In his titanic title struggle in opposition to Verstappen, Hamilton set six quickest laps – as many because the Dutchman – at Imola, Monaco, Spielberg, Zandvoort, Austin and Jeddah. His benefit was all the time bigger than 0.6s, however was typically right down to a late pitstop.

In the meantime, Purple Bull's Sergio Perez snatched the quickest lap away from Hamilton with late pitstops in Britain and Brazil, costing him two priceless factors within the tight championship race; so did AlphaTauri's Gasly in Hungary.

2022 – Two quickest laps

Mercedes struggled within the first yr of F1's new ground-effect period. Hamilton nonetheless set quickest laps on benefit at Silverstone and the Hungaroring, the place he completed third and second respectively. That's two fewer than team-mate George Russell's 4, however Mercedes' new race driver did nevertheless profit from late pitstops on three events.

2023 – 4 quickest laps

Hamilton prevailed on benefit in Monaco and Mexico, whereas profiting from late pitstops in Belgium and Singapore. He completed all 4 races within the prime 4.

Canada was one other race the place Hamilton was aggressive, taking third on the rostrum, however a late pitstop by Perez denied him the quickest lap.

2024 – Two quickest laps

Hamilton set consecutive quickest laps for the primary time since 2020, taking honours in Monaco and Canada – although he completed solely seventh and fourth on the highway – with 0.404s and 0.039 margins on Verstappen and Russell respectively.

He misplaced a 3rd quickest lap to Lando Norris, who pitted late in Las Vegas, the place Mercedes took a one-two with Russell on the highest step of the rostrum.

2025 – One quickest lap

Hamilton set the quickest lap within the Singapore Grand Prix with a 1m33.808s that was 0.765s quicker than second-quickest Gasly. The brand new Ferrari racer set that point proper after his lap 46 pitstop for used tender tyres, in a 62-lap race.

This was Hamilton's 68th quickest lap; Schumacher stays the report holder on 77, with Kimi Raikkonen third on 46.

Hamilton additionally went quickest within the Shanghai race however was disqualified over a technical breach, so misplaced the fastest-lap accolade.

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