Lewis Hamilton scored his 51st Formula 1 victory at the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix and with it equalled Alain Prost's record of wins at the highest level of th sport and the Frnechman was one of the first to congratulate the reigning world champion.
After witnessing Hamilton's triumph at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Prost wrote on Twitter:
The French F1 legend scored his 51 victories in 199 starts, winning for the first time at the 1981 French Grand Prix and scoring his final win at the 1993 German Grand Prix.
Hamilton has reached the 51 victory milestone in 186 starts, and now only trails Michael Schumacher in the record books, the great German driver has 91 wins on his F1 CV.
Hamilton said after the race in Mexico City, “It feels very surreal right now. That was an incredible target to get to. [Prost] was a great master, he had 51 wins, that’s a lot of wins. To think that Michael has 91 is just mind blowing, mesmerising, so I feel really grateful.
“I think I’ve had 30 wins with [Mercedes] so it just shows that this is the best team and weekend in and weekend out I continue to prove that it was the right decision coming here and the best decision of my life and career," added the reigning world champion.
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