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Hamilton reaches a remarkable century as Norris’s wait goes on

We’ve got used to Lewis Hamilton setting records in Formula 1, but becoming the first driver in history to win 100 world championship grands prix has to stand as one of his greatest on-track achievements. So we’ve decided to mark the occasion with a traditional green cover and a bumper issue that includes all of Hamilton’s F1 wins (see page 32). With points systems having changed over the years, many factors playing in to who gets fastest lap and now F1’s daft definition of what counts as a ‘pole position’, there aren’t many reliable metrics to measure success. Race wins (and wins/start ratio – Hamilton’s is 35.6%) and titles are surely still the best.

On one hand it was fitting that Hamilton should reach the milestone in a rain-affected contest. His 17th such success puts him just one behind Michael Schumacher’s wet-weather record. But on the other, it was heartbreaking to see Lando Norris lose his first F1 victory so late in the Russian GP, as Mercedes made the right call to bring Hamilton in for intermediate tyres when the rain arrived (p16). Norris’s time will surely come but his wait has to go on a little longer. We’re proud to say that Norris and fellow Sochi star George Russell are among the former winners of Autosport’s Young Driver Award. Turn to p11 to see the four up-and-coming racers who will battle it out for the 2021 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award.

Kevin Turner Chief Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com

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PIT & PADDOCK 4 Inaugural Miami GP date set for May 6 New BTCC hybrid makes race debut 8 Pagenaud leaves Penske 10 Obituary: Nino Vaccarella 11 Award finalists revealed 13 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 15 Opinion: David Malsher-Lopez

RACE CENTRE 16 Russian GP report and analysis 48 BTCC: Butcher carves up the opposition 56 Palou takes IndyCar title as Herta stars 60 World of Sport: FIA Formula 2; FIA F3;

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HAMILTON 100 32 Lewis on his latest milestone 34 Archive 1: 2007 Canadian GP 36 Archive 2: 2014 Abu Dhabi GP 38 Archive 3: 2017 Singapore GP 40 Defeated rivals on Hamilton 42 All the wins and key stats

CLUB AUTOSPORT 73 Ginetta G56 to join GT4 Supercup 74 Praga launches one-make UK series 76 British Drag Racing finale 79 Historic Spa Six Hours preview 80 National reports: Silverstone; Anglesey; Donington Park; Kirkistown; Snetterton; Loton Park; Trackrod Rally; Knockhill 90 The cars of a ‘forgotten’ motorsport hero

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