Lewis Hamilton Wins Turkish Grand Prix To Equal Michael Schumacher's Seven F1 World Titles Record

Lewis Hamilton's tenth win in the ongoing Formula One (F1) season meant that he became lifted the F1 World Championship (driver's title) for a record equaling seventh time. It has been a record breaking season for the in-form Hamilton as he went past Schumacher's record of 91 F1 race wins earlier in the year and now has extended his lead to 94 Formula One races.

Mercedes F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton After Winning Turkish Grand Prix (Image: AFP/Getty)

Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton scripted history on Sunday as he clinched his seventh Formula One title after winning the Turkish Grand Prix and equaled the long standing world record of German motor racing legend Michael Schumacher. Hamilton's tenth win in the ongoing Formula One (F1) season meant that he became the F1 World Championship (driver's title) for a record equaling seventh time, the joint most by any driver in the history of the most revered and competitive auto racing event in the world. Starting the race on sixth position on the grid at Istanbul, Hamilton had a kind of a sea saw start as he climbed to third in the opening lap of the race but again fell back to his original position of sixth. Mercedes' decision to switch to intermediate tyres on Hamilton's car proved to be tactical masterstroke as the British driver crossed the chequered flag in pole position with a comfortable 25 second lead over Perez.

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It was not a complete domination by Mercedes at the Turkish Grand Prix as Racing Point's Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari finished second and third, respectively. It has been a record breaking season for the in-form Hamilton as he went past Schumacher's record of 91 F1 race wins earlier in the year and now has extended his lead to 94 Formula One races. Hamilton, who first lay his hands on the F1 World Championships over a decade back in 2008, went onto clinch the titles in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Hamilton now has an unassailable lead in the 2020 F1 World Championship standings with 307 points in his kitty. His fellow Mercedes Compatriot Valtteri Bottas is on the second place in the overall drivers standings with 197 points. "I'm lost for words," Hamilton was quoted as saying by formula1.com. "We dreamed of this when I was young... and this is way, way beyond our dreams."