F1 Canadian Grand Prix: 5 Most Successful Drivers of all time

Lewis Hamilton (left) and Michael Schumacher both excelled in Canada, but who has the most wins?
Lewis Hamilton (left) and Michael Schumacher both excelled in Canada, but who has the most wins?

#2 Lewis Hamilton (7)

Lewis Hamilton took his first F1 win in Montreal in 2007.
Lewis Hamilton took his first F1 win in Montreal in 2007.

Lewis Hamilton is by far the most successful driver on the grid in Canada. Despite the five-time world champion recently claiming that he's "not that great" in Montreal, he's in with a shot of matching the wins record in the country on Sunday. Hamilton had a streak of winning or retiring in the North American nation that ran from 2007 to 2012, it was very much all or nothing for LH.

Hamilton got his first of so far 78 victories in Canada in his rookie season in 2007, a win that sent him to the top of the driver's championship. He embarrassingly crashed out in 2008 due to not seeing the red light at the end of the pit-lane but made up for it after the Canadian GP's hiatus with the second win in 2010.

Lewis clashed with his teammate in 2011 while the latter went on to win the race in spectacular style. 2012 was his third win, thanks to excellent strategy by McLaren. A general lack of pace in 2013 and engine issues in 2014 prevented him from challenging for the win, but a hat-trick of victories followed between 2015 and '17. If Hamilton can get the Mercedes hooked up, he'll be very hard to catch this weekend.

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