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One for the stats guys: has Lewis broken a record with this 19-year-long span?

Phil
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On 6/14/26 10:38, Phil Carmody wrote:

One for the stats guys: has Lewis broken a record with this 19-year-long span?

Phil

Almost assuredly, he has the longest span of modern F1 wins.
from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is age 41, born 7 January 1985.
His first F1 win was
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Canadian_Grand_Prix
June 10, 2007.
And now he has won https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Barcelona-Catalunya_Grand_Prix
June 14 2026.

For consideration:
Who is oldest person to win a F1 race?
Italian driver Luigi Fagioli is the oldest person to win a Formula 1
race, taking victory at the 1951 French Grand Prix at the age of 53
years and 22 days.
The top five oldest Grand Prix winners in F1 history are:
Luigi Fagioli rCo 53 years, 22 days (1951 French Grand Prix)
Giuseppe Farina rCo 46 years, 276 days (1953 German Grand Prix)
Juan Manuel Fangio rCo 46 years, 41 days (1957 German Grand Prix)
Piero Taruffi rCo 45 years, 219 days (1952 Swiss Grand Prix)
Jack Brabham rCo 43 years, 339 days (1970 South African Grand Prix)

Do consider that Luigi Fagioli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Fagioli
Fagioli won the 1935 Monaco Grand Prix
when it was part of the European Championship for Grand Prixs,
the predecessor to the modern World driving Championship.
And he was a co-driver with Fangio to won the modern GP of France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_French_Grand_Prix
in July 1951.

Do consider Louis_Chiron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chiron
He won the 1931 French Grand Prix co-driving with
Achille Varzi in a Bugatti which was Race 2 of 3 in the
1931 European Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931_French_Grand_Prix
and in 1949 he won the 1949 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix
motor race held at Reims on 17 July 1949. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_French_Grand_Prix
After 1950, his best finish was a 3rd a Monaco in 1950,
although he kept racing into 1958.

We also should consider Maurice Trintignant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Trintignant
Trintignant began racing in 1938, and won the
1939 Grand Prix des Fronti|?res (a less important race).
He won the GP of Monaco in 1958.
He continued some entries, but no wins through 1964.
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