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Formula One Norris becomes 21st British winner of a Formula One grand prix

LANDO NORRIS became the 21st British winner of a Formula One grand prix with his victory in Miami on Sunday.

That extended Britain’s F1 records for both race wins and the number of drivers to achieve the feat and here, the PA news agency takes a look at the key statistics.

Britain’s seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton leads all drivers in F1 history with 103 race wins, more than three times as many as any of his compatriots despite a wait of over two years since his last victory at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Nigel Mansell won 31 races in a career stretching from 1980 to 1995, including nine on his way to the 1992 drivers’ title.

Fellow world champions Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark and Damon Hill won 27, 25 and 22 races respectively, with double figures also for Sir Stirling Moss (16), Jenson Button (15), Graham Hill (14), David Coulthard (13) and James Hunt (10). Graham and Damon Hill were the first father and son to both win world titles.

Tony Brooks and John Surtees won six grands prix apiece, John Watson five and Eddie Irvine four, with three each for Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins and Johnny Herbert.

Norris joins Innes Ireland, Peter Gethin and his fellow current driver George Russell, whose 2022 win in Sao Paulo was Britain’s most recent until Sunday, on one win.

Those 309 total wins leave British drivers clear at the top of the all-time list.

Only three nations have even recorded three figures – indeed, were Hamilton a country in his own right he would rank third on the list behind Germany (179), with two wins more than Brazil (101).

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