Brian Lawrence

Yesterday Lewis Hamilton led five laps at Monaco. It was the fifth race
in succession where he led at least one lap. Uniquely he has led the first
five GPs of his career.

Leading five races in succession is not that rare, Lewis is the 25th
driver to do so. The number in brackets [ ] is the number of wins in
that sequence - Lewis is not the first to lead five successive races
without winning any.

17 Jackie Stewart USA 1968-BEL 1970 [8]
16 Michael Schumacher AUS-ITA 2004 [12]
12 Ayrton Senna ESP 1989-GER 1990 [5]
12 Michael Schumacher Eur 1994-GER 1995 [6]
12 Fernando Alonso CHN 2005-FRA 2006 [7]
11 Michael Schumacher MAS 1999-FRA 2000 [5]
10 Jim Clark NED 1967-RSA 1968 [5]
10 Alain Prost RSA-GER 1993 [7]

9 Alberto Ascari BEL 1952-BEL 1953 [9] (excludes the Indy 500)
9 Jim Clark USA 1962-ITA 1963 [6]
9 Ayrton Senna CDN-POR 1988 [6]

8 Jim Clark MEX 1963-GER 1964 [5]
8 Michael Schumacher BRA-GBR 1994 [6]
8 Michael Schumacher BEL 2000-BRA 2001 [6]

7 Jim Clark BEL-USA 1965 [5]
7 Jack Brabham FRA-MEX 1966 [4]
7 Jacky Ickx NED-CDN 1970 [2]
7 Ronnie Peterson ESP-NED 1973 [1]
7 Alain Prost FRA-CDN 1981 [3]
7 Nelson Piquet GBR-RSA 1983 [2]
7 Nigel Mansell MON-AUT 1987 [3]
7 Nigel Mansell RSA-MON 1992 [5]
7 Damon Hill CDN-ITA 1993 [3]

6 Juan Manuel Fangio BEL-ESP 1951 [2]
6 Jackie Stewart ITA 1971-ESP 1972 [2]
6 Ronnie Peterson AUT 1973-BRA 1974 [3]
6 James Hunt CDN 1976-RSA 1977 [2]
6 Mario Andretti BEL-GER 1978 [4]
6 Nelson Piquet FRA-ITA 1987 [3]
6 Michael Schumacher RSM-GBR 1997 [3]
6 Mika Häkkinen ITA 1998-RSM 1999 [3]
6 David Coulthard USA 2000-BRA 2001 [1]

5 Giuseppe Farina SWI 1950-SWI 1951 [0] *
5 Juan Manuel Fangio BEL 1955-ARG 1956 [4]
5 Stirling Moss Pes 1957-NED 1958 [4]
5 Stirling Moss GER 1958-MON 1959 [2]
5 Stirling Moss POR 1959-MON 1960 [3]
5 Jack Brabham NED-POR 1960 [5]
5 Niki Lauda MON-FRA 1975 [4]
5 Alan Jones FRA-NED 1980 [2]
5 Nelson Piquet GBR-ITA 1984 [0] *
5 Nigel Mansell BEL-GBR 1986 [4]
5 Alain Prost POR 1988-BRA 1989 [3]
5 Ayrton Senna RSM-CDN 1989 [3]
5 Alain Prost USA-GER 1989 [3]
5 Ayrton Senna AUS 1990-MON 1991 [4]
5 Nigel Mansell CDN-GER 1991 [3]
5 Nigel Mansell BEL-AUS 1992 [1]
5 Alain Prost BEL-AUS 1993 [0] *
5 Damon Hill FRA-BEL 1995 [1]
5 David Coulthard BEL-Pac 1995 [1]
5 Damon Hill JPN 1995-ARG 1996 [4]
5 Mika Häkkinen AUT-ITA 2000 [3]
5 Michael Schumacher MON-GBR 2001 [3]
5 Rubens Barrichello HUN-JPN 2002 [3]
5 Michael Schumacher BEL 2002-AUS 2003 [2]
5 Rubens Barrichello MAS-AUT 2003 [0] *
5 Michael Schumacher RSM-CDN 2003 [4]
5 Fernando Alonso BRA 2004-RSM 2005 [3]
5 Kimi Räikkönen RSM-CDN 2005 [3]
5 Fernando Alonso CHN 2006-MAS 2007 [2]
5 Lewis Hamilton AUS-MON 2007 [0] *

* No wins.

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com