first-ever Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Held as the Circuit de
Barcelona-Catalunya lost the ‘Spanish Grand Prix’ to the new
Madring, the race was the 40th different grand prix Hamilton had
competed in during his long career, which now stands at 387 starts,
having only missed one race. This was the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix,
but as he was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the build-up, he was not
entered into the race. Of the 40 grands prix he has been entered
into since his debut at the 2007 Australian GP, Hamilton has won 32
of them – a record he extended by winning the first
Barcelona-Catalunya race, drawing two clear of Max Verstappen. In
the ‘missing’ eight races on Hamilton’s CV, they include one race
which will never be held again, meaning he can never win it. This
was the one-off 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, held at Silverstone in
2020 as the British venue hosted back-to-back races in the
COVID-19-hit season. Hamilton finished second to Verstappen.
Elsewhere, of the remaining seven, four of them are on the current
calendar, meaning Hamilton could add them to his list in the future
– but in the case of the Dutch GP at Zandvoort, he must win the
2026 race. For 2027, Zandvoort is to drop off the calendar, meaning
it is unlikely that if Hamilton does not win in August 2026, he
will never stand on the top step on the coast of the North Sea. Of
the eight races he has entered but never won, Hamilton has finished
second at six of them – meaning the only races he has taken part in
but never scored a podium at are the Indian and Miami Grands Prix.
Owing to concerns over the tax status of the race, it is unlikely
F1 will ever race in India again. Hamilton’s record of scoring 38
podiums from the 40 grands prix he has taken part in is also a
record, three ahead of Verstappen on 35 (from 39 races). Check out
the races Hamilton has never won in the table below. The F1 races
Lewis Hamilton has never won