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Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have broken an all-time F1 record, with their results in the Mexico City Grand Prix setting the new benchmark.
Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell made history in the Mexico City Grand Prix by setting a new all-time F1 record, a record that has remained unbroken since 2016. In Mexico, the trio finished in second, fourth, and fifth place, respectively, accumulating a total of 40 points. This achievement raised the total number of points scored by British drivers in 2024 to 688, once Ollie Bearman’s seven points were taken into account. The 688-point milestone surpassed the previous record set by German drivers in 2016 during Nico Rosberg’s championship-winning season. That year, German drivers scored a total of 670 points, with Rosberg contributing 385, Hamilton 380, Vettel 212, and Hulkenberg 72. Before the Mexico Grand Prix weekend, Germany had secured the top three places in terms of points earned in a season, with 658 in 2015 and 648 in 2013. The Netherlands holds the highest spot among non-British and non-German countries, scoring 575 points in 2023 through Max Verstappen’s dominant season that set numerous F1 records for a single driver.
