Top 50: All-time F1 World Championship Grand Prix race leaders
Lewis Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s record for the most races led in Formula 1 World Championship history at the 2019 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi. Here are the top 50 grand prix-leading drivers of all-time, in order with their number of races led*.
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1: Lewis Hamilton, 148
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2: Michael Schumacher, 142
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3: Sebastian Vettel, 105
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4: Ayrton Senna, 86
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=5: Alain Prost, 84
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=5: Fernando Alonso, 84
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7: Kimi Raikkonen, 83
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8: David Coulthard, 62
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9: Nelson Piquet, 58
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=10: Nigel Mansell, 55
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=10: Nico Rosberg, 55
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=12: Jackie Stewart, 51
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=12: Rubens Barrichello, 51
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14: Mika Hakkinen, 48
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15: Damon Hill, 45
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16: Jim Clark, 43
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=17: Jenson Button, 42
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=17: Felipe Massa, 42
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19: Niki Lauda, 41
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20: Juan Manuel Fangio, 38
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=21: Graham Hill, 32
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=21: Gerhard Berger, 32
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=21: Juan Pablo Montoya, 32
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24: Stirling Moss, 31
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=25: Riccardo Patrese, 29
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=25: Mark Webber, 29
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=27: Jack Brabham, 28
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=27: Ronnie Peterson, 28
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=29: Valtteri Bottas, 25
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=29: Rene Arnoux, 25
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=31: James Hunt, 24
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=31: Alan Jones, 24
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33: Jody Scheckter, 23
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34: Mario Andretti, 22
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=35: Alberto Ascari, 21
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=35: Ralf Schumacher, 21
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=37: Clay Regazzoni, 20
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=37: Keke Rosberg, 20
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=37: Jacques Villeneuve, 20
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=40: Jacky Ickx, 19
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=40: Carlos Reutemann, 19
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=40: Jean Alesi, 19
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=40: Max Verstappen, 19
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=44: Emerson Fittipaldi, 18
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=44: Gilles Villeneuve, 18
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=44: Daniel Ricciardo, 18
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=47: John Surtees, 17
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=47: Denny Hulme, 17
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=49: Dan Gurney, 16
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=49: Jarno Trulli, 16
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* – Figures correct as of the end of the 2019 season.
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