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100th POLE POSITION: Lewis HAMILTON from Canada 2007 to Spain 2021

Lewis Hamilton has set a new milestone in his remarkable career. In Barcelona, ​​he was one hundredth fastest in qualifying.

Photo: HB Press

Yours hundredth pole position he scored in a way he most likely wouldn’t have bet himself. In the first attempt of the third part of the qualifiers, he spun in the 13th turn in front of him Sergio Perez, nevertheless, the Briton kept a 36 thousandth advantage over the finish line Max Verstappn, and in the other neither to him nor to him Verstappen in Bottas failed to improve and a hundred were here.

Yours first pole position is a driver from Stevenage achieved now as far back as 2007, in his first season among the elite and in his only sixth race of his career.

Since then, he has started from the first starting position at least once in every season (his 15th in F1). He achieved the least, one per season, in 2010, when he was again the fastest in Kanadi and in 2011 when he started from first place in South Korea.

Lewis Hamilton has set another milestone in his remarkable career in Barcelona. - Photo: HB Press

Interestingly, it is most first starting positions, namely 12, won in one season in 2016, when for the only time in the last seven years he failed to win the world title. It has otherwise Hamilton in addition to hundreds of pole positioned also owned a record after number of pole positions in debut season (6), won the first starting positions on Most Grand Prizes (28) and on most different venues (30). Let’s also mention that it’s on Australian GP has won 8 pole positions so far, which is also a record.

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