Hamilton could also catch up with Schumacher for World Cup titles over the weekend

The track in Turkey has been given a chance to settle again, partly as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, and due to the pandemic, the 14th race of the season, which started only in July, will now be held here. There are three drivers in the current field who have already won the Turkish Grand Prix: Kimi Räikkönen triumphed in the first Istanbul race in 2005, Hamilton in 2010 and Sebastian Vettel, the four-time World Cup winner, in first place.

If Hamilton succeeds in defending the title, the legendary German Michael Schumacher, the only rider in F1 history to have seven World Cup championships, will also be included in this index.

Hamilton, 35, has set the line for the past decade and then broke records, most recently ahead of Schumacher in terms of the number of race wins, with 91 successful careers, while the British are now at 93. Hamilton leads the perpetual rankings by a huge margin in terms of pole positions, currently featuring 97 races next to his name, second in this ranking with 68 Schumacher.

This year, Hamilton did not have a serious opponent, he was able to keep the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) in one race, but the British world champion had to beat his teammate Valtteri Bottas from Finland. The fight for the individual World Cup title has now become two-way, as the Hamilton-Bottas pair flew to the Mercedes barn for a constructive World Cup victory, triumphing among the teams for the seventh time in a row.

Hamilton is ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix with an 85-point lead in the composite, 78 of which must remain in order for the British to defend their title with three races before the season ends. In the event of a tie, the number of race wins of the season will decide, but in this respect Bottas can no longer catch up with his six-time World Cup winner teammate.

If Bottas wins the Istanbul race without earning an extra World Cup point for the fastest lap, Hamilton must be at least second to defend the title. The final success of a British rider is also if his fourth and Finnish rivals are no more than second, or Hamilton is fifth, while Bottas is no more than third. Of course, if Hamilton wins the battle, he will be an World Cup winner regardless of Bottas ’result, or if the Finn only finishes seventh or worse, he will still be defending a title in Istanbul.

According to the paper form, the chances are slim, but if Hamilton were to finish sixth, his World Cup victory would require Bottas to be third at most without running the fastest lap. The lap time, which is an extra World Cup point, can also play a role if Hamilton is only 10th, so defending his title would require his Finnish teammate to be a maximum of sixth and not reach the fastest lap. Hamilton is also the World Cup winner if he is seventh and Bottas is no more than fourth, and if the British are eighth and the Finn is no more than fifth.

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