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When did Lewis Hamilton last win a Formula 1 Grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton has won 104 Grands Prix in his Formula 1 career, but the Mercedes driver had to experience a period without victories. Hamilton last won a Formula 1 Grand Prix on December 5, 2021, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ahead of his win at Silverstone in 2024. This is the longest Hamilton has competed in F1 without a victory. The gap was 945 days when the seven-time world champion could not win a Formula One Grand Prix.
Hamilton has been at the front of the grid for most of his career. From 2007 until 2021, Hamilton won at least one Grand Prix in every single season, with his first coming at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in 2007, his rookie year in F1.
Mercedes didn't ace the rule and regulation changes for the 2022 season, and now they currently sit behind Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren performance-wise in 2024. His 2021 title rival Max Verstappen has won most races since the start of the 2022 season.
Mercedes are going through a difficult patch, but Hamilton remains as motivated as ever to continue to improve. Mercedes won one Grand Prix in 2022, but this went to his teammate George Russell. After Russell could win at Austria, it was Hamilton's turn at the British Grand Prix in 2024. With Hamilton winning another race, he is now in the top 35 in terms of the the longest interval between two wins in the competition.
Dominance at Mercedes
Mercedes had mastered the then-new turbo-hybrid engines in Formula 1 and stormed out of the blocks as the quickest team. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, Hamilton only had to worry about his teammate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton's tally of victories quickly increased, and at the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton secured victory number 25.
Hamilton won 10 times in 2014 and 2015 as he saw off Rosberg. However, the German came back fighting hard in 2016. Hamilton achieved his 50th Grand Prix victory at the 2016 USA Grand Prix, which formed part of four consecutive victories to close out the season. That run of form wasn't enough to beat Rosberg for the World Championship, as his title rival finished second at each of those four events. Hamilton's engine issue at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix cost him dearly, and he lost the title by five points.
Hamilton faced a challenge from Vettel and Ferrari in 2017 and 2018, but Mercedes were ultimately too strong in the second half of the season. By the time the 2020 season started, Hamilton had already achieved 84 wins and had Schumacher's tally in his sights.
Records tumble, and then the wins dry up
2020 was arguably Hamilton and Mercedes' most dominant season, and the records tumbled. Schumacher's record was equalled at the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix and beaten two weeks later in Portugal. By race 14 (out of 17), Hamilton had equalled Schumacher for the number of World Championship titles. Hamilton won eight races in 2021, but it wasn't enough to stop Max Verstappen from winning the World Championship in one of the most heated Formula 1 seasons ever. Since introducing the new rules and regulations, Hamilton hasn't won a race until the 2024 British Grand Prix on July 7. As a result, the Briton now has 104 Grands Prix victories.