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Oscar Piastri is on course to beat this astonishing Lewis Hamilton record
Australian driver Oscar Piastri secured his sixth victory of the 2025 season at the Belgian Grand Prix, maintaining his lead in the F1 championship standings with a 16-point advantage over McLaren’s Lando Norris. Impressively, Piastri achieved his 39th consecutive top-10 finish, a streak that dates back to the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix and places him third in the all-time record for most consecutive points finishes. Surpassing Piastri on this list are Lewis Hamilton, who holds the record with 48 consecutive points finishes between the 2018 British Grand Prix and the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, followed by Max Verstappen with 43 consecutive points finishes from the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Notably, Hamilton’s current points streak spans 34 races, during which the seven-time world champion hasn’t finished outside the points since the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.
