Lewis Hamilton: The Only Driver to Finish Every Race in 2026 So Far

12 races. Zero retirements. Another remarkable chapter in the career of Lewis Hamilton.

At 41, Lewis Hamilton continues to add new pages to an already extraordinary Formula 1 career.

After the first 12 Grands Prix of the 2026 season, Hamilton is the only driver on the grid to have scored points at every race weekend. More importantly, he has finished every single Grand Prix so far, with zero DNFs. He has recorded 12 top-10 finishes, five podiums and one victory for Ferrari.

That consistency is particularly impressive considering that 2026 represents another major chapter in Hamilton's career. After spending more than a decade with Mercedes, he moved to Ferrari for the 2025 season.

From McLaren Rookie to World Champion

Hamilton made his Formula 1 debut with McLaren at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix.

He immediately showed that he was something special, finishing third in his very first race. His rookie season became one of the most remarkable debut campaigns in F1 history.

Hamilton scored his first victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix and went on to win four races that season. He finished the championship runner-up, losing the title to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen by just one point.

One year later, Hamilton went all the way.

In 2008, he became Formula 1 World Champion for the first time, winning the title in one of the most dramatic championship finales the sport has ever seen.

The Mercedes Era

Hamilton moved to Mercedes in 2013.

The timing could hardly have been better.

When the new turbo-hybrid regulations arrived in 2014, Mercedes became the dominant force in Formula 1, and Hamilton took full advantage of it.

He won the World Championship in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

That gave him a total of seven World Championships, matching Michael Schumacher's record.

During this period, Hamilton also established himself as one of the most successful drivers in F1 history.

His career statistics now include:

• 7 World Championships

• 106 Grand Prix victories

• 104 pole positions

• 207 podium finishes

• 392 Grand Prix starts

He holds the all-time records for wins, poles and podiums.

A New Challenge in Red

In 2025, Hamilton began a completely new chapter with Ferrari.

Moving from Mercedes to Ferrari was one of the biggest driver moves in recent Formula 1 history. Hamilton had spent the majority of his career with Mercedes, so adapting to a completely different team, car and working environment was a major challenge.

His first season with Ferrari was difficult. For the first time in his F1 career, he finished a full season without a Grand Prix podium.

But 2026 has been different.

Hamilton claimed his first Grand Prix victory for Ferrari in Barcelona and has added several more podium finishes during the season.

The Remarkable Part: Zero DNFs

This brings us back to the statistic that stands out most in 2026.

After 12 Grands Prix:

Hamilton - 12 starts, 12 finishes, 0 DNFs.

In a Formula 1 season featuring a major technical regulation change, reliability has become an important part of the championship.

A driver can have the speed to fight for victory, but if the car does not reach the chequered flag, those points disappear.

Hamilton has managed to avoid that problem completely so far.

His consistency has also helped him remain firmly in the championship fight. After the Dutch Grand Prix, he sits second in the Drivers' Championship and remains within striking distance of Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli.

Experience Still Matters

Hamilton's 2026 season is interesting because it is not simply a story about speed.

It is also about experience.

He has now spent nearly two decades racing at the highest level of motorsport. He has experienced championship fights, technical failures, crashes, pressure, changing regulations and several different generations of Formula 1 cars.

That experience becomes particularly valuable over a long season.

Twelve races without a retirement does not happen by accident.

It is a combination of reliability, race craft, decision-making and the ability to bring the car home when the opportunity to score points is there.

And Hamilton has done exactly that throughout the first half of 2026.

Still Writing History

Lewis Hamilton has already achieved almost everything a Formula 1 driver can achieve.

Seven World Championships.

More than 100 victories.

More than 100 pole positions.

More than 200 podiums.

And now, in his second season with Ferrari, he is adding another unusual statistic to his career:

12 races. Zero retirements.

There are still races to come in 2026, and the championship is far from over.

For a driver who has spent almost 20 years rewriting the Formula 1 record books, Hamilton's latest achievement may look small compared with seven world titles.

But sometimes the smallest numbers tell the biggest story.

Zero DNFs.

At this stage of the 2026 season, nobody else has done it.