Hamilton moves up to third on remarkable list

Formula 1 and fun facts. Every day there are remarkable facts somewhere, one even crazier than the other. The F1 editors of the American ESPN now add a remarkable one.

Hamilton as a country

That Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver of all time in terms of victories, we already knew for a while. The win in Qatar marked his 102nd victory in Formula 1. ESPN It has been calculated that if Hamilton had been a country, he would be in third place in terms of number of wins. Since Qatar, the 'country' Hamilton would have one more win than all Brazilian drivers combined.

Lewis Hamilton would be 3rd on the list for most F1 wins ever if he was his own country pic.twitter.com/mlcI6eefhR

— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) November 24, 2021

The most wins in this list would be for Great Britain, namely 205. This does not include the victories of Hamilton. Germany is in second place with 179 victories.