Where does Hamilton’s Barcelona GP win rank among his greatest career victories?

From title-defining performances to wet-weather masterclasses and record-breaking drives, Hamilton’s career is packed with iconic victories. GPBlog has selected the 10 biggest victories of his career, from his staggering total of 106 since he debuted in 2007.

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Lewis Hamilton was the star of the show on a Mount Fuji track that was so wet that the race was almost cancelled. On a chaotic day where his teammate Fernando Alonso struggled in the conditions and crashed out, Hamilton drove a near faultless race to take the victory and take what looked like a big step towards the title, before his hopes unravelled in China and Brazil.

Perhaps an underrated race win for Hamilton on a day where he beat his teammate, then reigning double world champion Alonso fair and square. The race featured a memorable duel between the pair, including the iconic moment of them running side-by-side down the main straight, with Hamilton refusing to yield under intense pressure. Despite Alonso’s experience and relentless pursuit, the Briton held firm to convert pole into victory, underlining both his composure and racecraft. It was a defining early-career performance that signalled Hamilton was not just a rising star, but already capable of beating the very best in equal machinery.

Hamilton’s drive on Sunday showed that he can still deliver at the highest level against the sport's current generation of challengers at the age of 41. The seven-time world champion combined experience, incredible racecraft and strategic awareness to beat the Mercedes of George Russell to victory on a three-stop strategy. After taking the lead after the VSC, his pace was unmatchable, clawing out a 19-second lead by the time the chequered flag came out. After his tough 2025 season, it showed that Hamilton is still at the top of his game and could get himself in the title fight this campaign.

Starting 14th after hydraulic problems in qualifying, Hamilton made quick work of the slower cars during the race, and by the time the rain hit the track he was up to fourth. Championship rival Sebastian Vettel dramatically slid out from the lead, and while others pitted, Hamilton stayed out after aborting and pitstop and driving across the grass. Hamilton took the lead of the 2018 championship and never lost it again as he went on to win his fifth world title.

Perhaps one of Hamilton’s most emotionally charged victories came in Brazil in 2021, where he produced a stirring comeback drive from deep in the field to keep his title hopes alive. After being disqualified from qualifying, he raced through from the back to fifth in the sprint race, starting Sunday's Grand Prix in 10th after a five-place grid drop.

On Sunday, he produced another brilliant drive, showing huge determination to get past Max Verstappen to win the race. It was a performance defined by resilience, raw speed, and refusal to concede the fight, although he ultimately went on to lose the championship in the controversial finale to the 2021 season.

At Monza in 2018, Hamilton silenced the passionate home crowd with a masterclass performance to beat the two Ferraris. The Ferraris had been quicker all weekend, but Vettel took himself out of contention after he span while touching the Mercedes after Hamilton had passed him around the outside of the Roggia chicane. Hamilton then passed Raikkonen only for the Finn to retake the lead. A longer second stint allowed Hamilton to chase Raikkonen with fresh tyres, and he passed the 2007 world champion with nine laps remaining to take a huge step towards the world championship.

After finishing on the podium in his opening five races, Hamilton stepped on the top step for the first time out of 106 at the Canadian Grand Prix. Starting from pole, he controlled the race with remarkable maturity never putting a wheel wrong under pressure. In a race which saw four safety cars and with messy races for Raikkonen and Alonso in particular, Hamilton held his composure and confirmed that he was not just a future star but a present force.

Hamilton’s 2014 Bahrain victory came in one of the most dramatic wheel-to-wheel battles of his Mercedes era, going head-to-head with teammate Nico Rosberg in a fierce intra-team duel which set the path of their rivalry through until the end of the 2016 season. The pair traded positions throughout a gripping night race, pushing each other to the limit in equal machinery. Hamilton ultimately prevailed through superior racecraft and composure under pressure, in what was the first defining moment of a rivalry between former best friends.

Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles thanks to an impressive feat of tyre management. Stuck in traffic in damp conditions after sliding off the track early in the race, Hamilton pitted for intermediates and had to play a patient game. As the track dried out, drivers ahead of him pitted for new intermediates but Hamilton stayed out and overtook Sergio Perez's Racing Point for the lead. His intermediates effectively turned into slicks on the near-dry track and he won by more than half a minute, matching Schumacher's record with a drive that the German would be proud of.

Despite being 18 years ago, Hamilton's 2008 British Grand Prix win at Silverstone will undoubtedly in many people's minds go down as arguably his most career-defining. In just his second season he produced a wet weather drive that will go up there with Senna in Donnington in 1993 or Schumacher in Spain 1996 as one of the most dominant in the sport's history. It was a day where the entire field struggled to stay on track, with title rival Felipe Massa spinning five times. Hamilton finished 68 seconds ahead of second-placed Nick Heidfeld, and lapped the entire field bar the German and Rubens Barichello.