The impressive record Lewis Hamilton has set in F1 2022

After the opening 11 rounds of the season, Lewis Hamilton is🅺 still 𒁃the only driver to have finished every race.
Remarkably, Hamilton’sಞ last retirement due to a techni🦋cal issue was at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
Since then, Hamilton has failed to fi🦩nish just once - at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix following🐷 a collision with title rival Max Verstappen.
If Mercedes are able to get into the title fight, their reliability combined with Hamiꦆlton’s consistency could make for an interesting second half of the season.
Max Verstappen - 2 DNFs
Verstappen sits top of the drivers’ championship but he’s failed to make the ch🌊equered flag on two oc🎃casions.
He retired during the latter stages of the Bahrain Gran♊d Prix but was classified in 19th, and he didn’t finish in Australia.

Charles Leclerc - 2 DNFs
Leclerc failed to make the chequered flag in Barcelona and Baku du🍃e to engine failures.
Sergio Perez - 3 DNFs
Like Versta♊ppen, Perez failed to finish in Bahrain but was classified in 18th after st♛opping on track on the final lap.
The Mexican retired prematurely in Canada (technical issu🦋e) and ꦰAustria (damage sustained by contact with George Russell)
Carlos Sainz - 4 DNFs
Sainz retired in back-to-back 💦races in Australia (unforced error) and Imola (incident with Ricciardo).
A hydraulicꦜs issue forced him to retire in Baku, but his engine went up in flames in Austria.

George Russell - 1 DNF
Russell’s only DNF of the season came at Silverstone after contac🙈t with Zhou Guanyu on the opening lap.
Lewis Hamilton - 0 DNFs
The seven-time champion is the only driv📖er on ꧅the grid to finish every race this season.
Lando Norris - 1 DNF
Norris’ first DNF of the ye꧋ar came in Miami after contact♏ with Pierre Gasly on Lap 39.
Esteban Ocon - 1 DNF
Ocon’s first retirement in 2022 was at t🍷he British Grand Prix. It was caused by aꦅ fuel pump issue.
Valtteri Bottas - 2 DNFs
Technical gremlins in J𓆏eddah and at Silverstone forced Bottas out of the action early𒐪.

Fernando Alonso - 2 DNFs
A me💧chanical issue forced him out of the Saudi Arabian GP, while sidepod damage caused by Schumacher forced him out of action at Imola❀.
Kevin Magnussen - 3 DNFs
Magnussen suffered back-to-back DNFs at the Monaco🐭 and Azerbaijan GPs.
He was classified in Miami ⛎despite not finishing the race.
Daniel Ricciardo - 1 DNF
The Australian’s only DNF of the s༺eason came in Jeddah.
Pierre Gasly - 3 DNFs
Gasl♔y failed to finish in Bahra🐓in, Miami and Britain.
Sebastian Vettel - 2 DNFs
After missing the first two rounds of the year with COVID-19, Vettel retired from the A𒊎ustralian GP.
He wa🍸s crashed out of the Miami GP by Schumacher, but he was classified.
Yuki Tsunoda - 1 DNF
Tsunoda crashed out of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Zhou Guanyu - 4 DNFs
Lady lౠuck hasn’t been on Zhou’s side 🍒with three DNFs due to mechanical gremlins.
Con🍸tact with Russell forced him out of the race at Silverstone in scary fashion.
Alex Albon - 2 DNFs
ꦕAlbon failed to make the chequered flag at either Monaco or Silverstone.
Lance Stroll - 1 DNF
🐬Stroll has been classified at every race but failed to finish in Baku.
Nicholas Latifi - 2 DNFs
Latifi🐎 didn’t finish the Saudi Arabian and Austrian grands prix.


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