F1 News: Mercedes IGNORE massive Lewis Hamilton achievement

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Mercedes IGNORE massive Hamilton achievement

Lewis Hamilton now holds the title for longest career of a British F1 driver

By Kerry Violet.

Wednesday 12 June 2024 19:00

He may be without a victory in nearly three years, but Lewis Hamilton picked up yet another accolade at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 2024 instalment of the race marked 17 years since his maiden win in the sport at the very same venue.

After overtaking fellow countryman and former team-mate Jenson Button, Hamilton now sets an impressive precedent with the longest ever career in F1 for younger British drivers such as current team-mate George Russell and McLaren's Lando Norris.

The 39-year-old's career spans 17 years, 2 months, 22 days and counting.

Despite being a momentous weekend for the seven-time world champion, Mercedes are yet to publicly acknowledge their driver's accomplishment.

Lewis Hamilton has driven for Mercedes since 2013

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Even Button himself shared the success of his former McLaren team-mate via his personal Instagram story.

Fans took to Twitter to express dismay at the lack of support from Hamilton’s team, lamenting Mercedes' treatment of the star.

Since announcing his dramatic move to Ferrari for 2025, LH appears to have been pushed down the priority list at Mercedes despite driving for the Brackley outfit since 2013.

The British driver had a disappointing weekend in Canada this time around, narrowly missing out on a podium to Russell, despite the ‘Silver Arrows’ looking much improved in qualifying.

Hamilton still has a long way to go before taking the top spot for the lengthiest career overall, which of course belongs to F1's very own vampire, Fernando Alonso.

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Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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