Lewis Hamilton made history during last weekend’s British Grand Prix as he not only ended a wait of almost 1,000 days for a race win but set a new record for the most victories at one F1 track – topping up his Silverstone tally to an incredible nine triumphs. With that in mind, we’ve gone through the history books to see who has starred at specific circuits around the world…
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Five wins – From Prost to Verstappen
A host of drivers have hit five wins at the same venue over the years, with the aforementioned Hamilton managing it at the Sochi Autodrom, the Bahrain International Circuit, the Yas Marina Circuit, Monza and Austin’s Circuit of The Americas.
Michael Schumacher has done the same across four tracks, winning at Monza, Indianapolis, the Nurburgring and Monaco, while Max Verstappen (Mexico’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Austria’s Red Bull Ring) and Alain Prost (Silverstone and Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarepagua) have achieved the feat twice.
There’s also room for Sebastian Vettel, Ayrton Senna and Graham Hill in this section, with the German, Brazilian and British racers reaching the milestone at Singapore’s Marina Bay Street Circuit, Spa-Francorchamps and Monaco respectively.