Lead - Driver

Here are the top five lists of records related to leads of drivers.
You can click the links at the bottom of the lists to see a whole list of the corresponding record.

All-time Drivers

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Lap 1

  2. Luigi Fagioli

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Lap 10

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1950 British Grand Prix

    Lap 15

  4. Mauri Rose

    1950 Indianapolis 500

    Lap 1

  5. Johnnie Parsons

    1950 Indianapolis 500

    Lap 10

All Records

Most Leads

Career

Lap

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    5456Laps

  2. Michael Schumacher

    5111Laps

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    3503Laps

  4. Max Verstappen

    3059Laps

  5. Ayrton Senna

    2931Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    27770.235km

  2. Michael Schumacher

    24150.306km

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    18165.333km

  4. Max Verstappen

    14989.159km

  5. Ayrton Senna

    13434.215km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    187

  2. Michael Schumacher

    142

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    107

  4. Fernando Alonso

    87

  5. Ayrton Senna

    86

All Records

Season

Lap

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    1003Laps

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    739Laps

  3. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    692Laps

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    684Laps

  5. Michael Schumacher

    2004

    683Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    4907.958km

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    3794.305km

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    3637.609km

  4. Michael Schumacher

    2004

    3356.744km

  5. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    3283.699km

All Records

Race

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    20

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    2019

    19

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    18

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    17

  5. Lewis Hamilton

    2015

    17

All Records

Grand Prix

Lap

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungarian Grand Prix

    487Laps

  2. Bill Vukovich

    Indianapolis 500

    485Laps

  3. Michael Schumacher

    French Grand Prix

    455Laps

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Monaco Grand Prix

    435Laps

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Canadian Grand Prix

    433Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungarian Grand Prix

    2133.300km

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    British Grand Prix

    1961.594km

  3. Michael Schumacher

    French Grand Prix

    1955.784km

  4. Bill Vukovich

    Indianapolis 500

    1951.227km

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Spanish Grand Prix

    1937.034km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungarian Grand Prix

    13

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    British Grand Prix

    12

  3. Michael Schumacher

    San Marino Grand Prix

    11

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Japanese Grand Prix

    11

  5. Lewis Hamilton

    United States Grand Prix

    11

All Records

Circuit

Lap

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungaroring

    487Laps

  2. Bill Vukovich

    Indianapolis

    485Laps

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Magny-Cours

    455Laps

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Monaco

    435Laps

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Gilles Villeneuve

    433Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungaroring

    2133.300km

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    Silverstone

    2020.504km

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Magny-Cours

    1955.784km

  4. Bill Vukovich

    Indianapolis

    1951.227km

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Barcelona-Catalunya

    1937.034km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Silverstone

    13

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungaroring

    13

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Imola

    11

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Suzuka

    11

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Gilles Villeneuve

    10

All Records

Team

Lap

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    4181Laps

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    3934Laps

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    3059Laps

  4. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    2392Laps

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    2386Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    21517.621km

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    18802.082km

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    14989.159km

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    12585.682km

  5. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    10973.446km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    139

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    111

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    82

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    64

  5. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    60

All Records

Constructor

Lap

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    4181Laps

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    3934Laps

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    3059Laps

  4. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    2392Laps

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    2386Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    21517.621km

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    18802.082km

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    14989.159km

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    12585.682km

  5. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    10973.446km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    139

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    111

  3. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    82

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    64

  5. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    60

All Records

Consecutive Leads

Career

Lap

  1. Alberto Ascari

    305Laps

  2. Ayrton Senna

    264Laps

  3. Max Verstappen

    248Laps

  4. Ayrton Senna

    237Laps

  5. Nigel Mansell

    235Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Alberto Ascari

    2075.157km

  2. Ayrton Senna

    1435.208km

  3. Jim Clark

    1226.646km

  4. Jim Clark

    1150.260km

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    1111.051km

All Records

Race

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    18

  2. Jackie Stewart

    17

  3. Michael Schumacher

    15

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    14

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    13

All Records

Season

Lap

  1. Alberto Ascari

    1952

    305Laps

  2. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    264Laps

  3. Max Verstappen

    2023

    248Laps

  4. Ayrton Senna

    1989

    237Laps

  5. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    235Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Alberto Ascari

    1952

    2075.157km

  2. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    1435.208km

  3. Jim Clark

    1963

    1226.646km

  4. Jim Clark

    1965

    1150.260km

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    2012

    1111.051km

All Records

Race

  1. Michael Schumacher

    2004

    15

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    2020

    14

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    13

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    2019

    12

  5. Max Verstappen

    2023

    12

All Records

Grand Prix

Lap

  1. Jim Clark

    British Grand Prix

    239Laps

  2. Ayrton Senna

    Monaco Grand Prix

    233Laps

  3. Alberto Ascari

    Dutch Grand Prix

    180Laps

  4. Alberto Ascari

    British Grand Prix

    175Laps

  5. Jim Clark

    South African Grand Prix

    170Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Jim Clark

    British Grand Prix

    1090.170km

  2. Ayrton Senna

    Belgian Grand Prix

    1006.300km

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Belgian Grand Prix

    833.080km

  4. Alberto Ascari

    British Grand Prix

    824.256km

  5. Jim Clark

    Belgian Grand Prix

    789.600km

All Records

Race

  1. Ayrton Senna

    Monaco Grand Prix

    9

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    United States Grand Prix

    9

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Canadian Grand Prix

    8

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    Bahrain Grand Prix

    8

  5. Lewis Hamilton

    Brazilian Grand Prix

    8

All Records

Circuit

Lap

  1. Ayrton Senna

    Monaco

    233Laps

  2. Jim Clark

    Silverstone

    184Laps

  3. Alberto Ascari

    Zandvoort

    180Laps

  4. Alberto Ascari

    Silverstone

    175Laps

  5. Jim Clark

    East London

    170Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Ayrton Senna

    Spa-Francorchamps

    1006.300km

  2. Jim Clark

    Silverstone

    866.800km

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Spa-Francorchamps

    833.080km

  4. Alberto Ascari

    Silverstone

    824.256km

  5. Jim Clark

    Spa-Francorchamps

    789.600km

All Records

Race

  1. Ayrton Senna

    Monaco

    9

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    COTA

    9

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Gilles Villeneuve

    8

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    Interlagos

    8

  5. Stirling Moss

    Monaco

    7

All Records

Percentage of Leads

Career

Lap

  1. Bill Vukovich

    48.50%

  2. Lee Wallard

    47.04%

  3. Alberto Ascari

    40.37%

  4. Jim Clark

    39.39%

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    39.24%

All Records

Distance

  1. Bill Vukovich

    48.50%

  2. Lee Wallard

    47.04%

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    41.17%

  4. Alberto Ascari

    40.87%

  5. Jim Clark

    37.87%

All Records

Race

  1. George Amick

    100%

  2. Markus Winkelhock

    100%

  3. Bill Vukovich

    80.00%

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    74.51%

  5. Jack McGrath

    66.67%

All Records

Season

Lap

  1. Max Verstappen

    2023

    75.58%

  2. Max Verstappen

    2024

    73.36%

  3. Jim Clark

    1963

    71.47%

  4. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    66.80%

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    65.23%

All Records

Distance

  1. Max Verstappen

    2024

    74.35%

  2. Max Verstappen

    2023

    73.20%

  3. Jim Clark

    1963

    72.05%

  4. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    67.74%

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    65.48%

All Records

Race

  1. Jackie Stewart

    1969

    100%

  2. Max Verstappen

    2024

    100%

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    2013

    94.74%

  4. Alain Prost

    1993

    93.75%

  5. Max Verstappen

    2023

    90.91%

All Records

Grand Prix

Lap

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Dutch Grand Prix

    100%

  2. Stirling Moss

    Moroccan Grand Prix

    100%

  3. Alan Jones

    Caesars Palace Grand Prix

    100%

  4. Alain Prost

    Swiss Grand Prix

    96.25%

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    Korean Grand Prix

    94.55%

All Records

Distance

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Dutch Grand Prix

    100%

  2. Stirling Moss

    Moroccan Grand Prix

    100%

  3. Alan Jones

    Caesars Palace Grand Prix

    100%

  4. Alain Prost

    Swiss Grand Prix

    96.22%

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    Korean Grand Prix

    94.54%

All Records

Race

  1. Luigi Fagioli

    British Grand Prix

    100%

  2. Luigi Fagioli

    Swiss Grand Prix

    100%

  3. Luigi Fagioli

    Belgian Grand Prix

    100%

  4. Raymond Sommer

    Belgian Grand Prix

    100%

  5. Alberto Ascari

    Dutch Grand Prix

    100%

All Records

Circuit

Lap

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Rouen-Les-Essarts

    100%

  2. Alberto Ascari

    Zandvoort

    100%

  3. Stirling Moss

    Ain-Diab

    100%

  4. Stirling Moss

    Monsanto

    100%

  5. Jim Clark

    Charade

    100%

All Records

Distance

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Rouen-Les-Essarts

    100%

  2. Alberto Ascari

    Zandvoort

    100%

  3. Stirling Moss

    Ain-Diab

    100%

  4. Stirling Moss

    Monsanto

    100%

  5. Jim Clark

    Charade

    100%

All Records

Race

  1. Luigi Fagioli

    Silverstone

    100%

  2. Luigi Fagioli

    Bremgarten

    100%

  3. Luigi Fagioli

    Spa-Francorchamps

    100%

  4. Raymond Sommer

    Spa-Francorchamps

    100%

  5. Alberto Ascari

    Rouen-Les-Essarts

    100%

All Records

Team

Lap

  1. Johnnie Parsons

    Kurtis-Kraft

    89.13%

  2. Lee Wallard

    Murrell Belanger

    79.50%

  3. Bill Vukovich

    Howard Keck

    72.50%

  4. Sam Hanks

    George Salih

    68.00%

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Mercedes

    52.70%

All Records

Distance

  1. Johnnie Parsons

    Kurtis-Kraft

    89.12%

  2. Lee Wallard

    Murrell Belanger

    79.50%

  3. Bill Vukovich

    Howard Keck

    72.50%

  4. Sam Hanks

    George Salih

    67.99%

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Mercedes

    60.47%

All Records

Race

  1. Johnnie Parsons

    Kurtis-Kraft

    100%

  2. Bill Holland

    Lou Moore

    100%

  3. Lee Wallard

    Murrell Belanger

    100%

  4. Jimmy Davies

    L E Parks

    100%

  5. Jim Rathmann

    Ernest Ruiz

    100%

All Records

Constructor

Lap

  1. Lee Wallard

    Kurtis Kraft

    79.50%

  2. Sam Hanks

    Epperly

    68.00%

  3. Bill Vukovich

    Kurtis Kraft

    60.62%

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Mercedes

    52.70%

  5. Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    48.51%

All Records

Distance

  1. Lee Wallard

    Kurtis Kraft

    79.50%

  2. Sam Hanks

    Epperly

    67.99%

  3. Bill Vukovich

    Kurtis Kraft

    60.62%

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Mercedes

    60.47%

  5. Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    47.14%

All Records

Race

  1. Bill Holland

    Deidt

    100%

  2. Lee Wallard

    Kurtis Kraft

    100%

  3. Jimmy Davies

    Pawl

    100%

  4. Troy Ruttman

    Kuzma

    100%

  5. Bill Vukovich

    Kurtis Kraft

    100%

All Records

First Lead

Age

  1. Max Verstappen

    18y228d

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    20y89d

  3. Charles Leclerc

    21y167d

  4. Sébastien Buemi

    21y226d

  5. Fernando Alonso

    21y237d

All Records

Lap

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1Lap

  2. Mauri Rose

    1Lap

  3. Karl Kling

    1Lap

  4. Jacques Villeneuve

    1Lap

  5. Markus Winkelhock

    2Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Mauri Rose

    4.073km

  2. Giuseppe Farina

    4.649km

  3. Jacques Villeneuve

    5.245km

  4. Karl Kling

    8.302km

  5. Markus Winkelhock

    10.279km

All Records

Race

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1

  2. Luigi Fagioli

    1

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1

  4. Mauri Rose

    1

  5. Johnnie Parsons

    1

All Records

Last Lead

Age

  1. Luigi Fagioli

    52y8d

  2. Felice Bonetto

    48y35d

  3. Giuseppe Farina

    47y234d

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    46y210d

  5. Piero Taruffi

    45y219d

All Records

Lap

  1. Fernando Alonso

    21587Laps

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    19630Laps

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    17810Laps

  4. Michael Schumacher

    17717Laps

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    17705Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Fernando Alonso

    107672.445km

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    99124.463km

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    89404.543km

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    87352.141km

  5. Rubens Barrichello

    85414.808km

All Records

Race

  1. Fernando Alonso

    357

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    328

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    296

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    288

  5. Rubens Barrichello

    283

All Records

Interval between First and Last Lead

Days

  1. Fernando Alonso

    7301d

  2. Michael Schumacher

    6978d

  3. Lewis Hamilton

    6062d

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    5936d

  5. Rubens Barrichello

    5502d

All Records

Lap

  1. Fernando Alonso

    23101Laps

  2. Michael Schumacher

    20418Laps

  3. Lewis Hamilton

    19692Laps

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    18422Laps

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    17538Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Fernando Alonso

    115496.044km

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    99299.253km

  3. Michael Schumacher

    98653.768km

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    92052.527km

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    88640.020km

All Records

Race

  1. Fernando Alonso

    381

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    327

  3. Michael Schumacher

    325

  4. Kimi Räikkönen

    302

  5. Sebastian Vettel

    292

All Records

Interval between Two Leads

Days

  1. Fernando Alonso

    2562d

  2. Sergio Pérez

    2337d

  3. Bruce McLaren

    2198d

  4. Johnnie Parsons

    2192d

  5. Derek Warwick

    1911d

All Records

Lap

  1. Fernando Alonso

    8280Laps

  2. Sergio Pérez

    7599Laps

  3. Derek Warwick

    5441Laps

  4. Michael Schumacher

    5263Laps

  5. Johnny Herbert

    4312Laps

All Records

Distance

  1. Fernando Alonso

    41846.255km

  2. Sergio Pérez

    38579.609km

  3. Michael Schumacher

    26369.102km

  4. Derek Warwick

    24935.438km

  5. Johnnie Parsons

    22928.505km

All Records

Race

  1. Fernando Alonso

    137

  2. Sergio Pérez

    126

  3. Michael Schumacher

    86

  4. Derek Warwick

    84

  5. Johnny Herbert

    67

All Records

Number of

Teams

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    5

  2. Jean Behra

    5

  3. Dan Gurney

    5

  4. John Surtees

    5

  5. Rubens Barrichello

    5

All Records

Constructors

  1. Stirling Moss

    5

  2. Dan Gurney

    5

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    5

  4. Fernando Alonso

    5

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    4

All Records

Seasons

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    17

  2. Michael Schumacher

    16

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    15

  4. Fernando Alonso

    15

  5. Kimi Räikkönen

    14

All Records

Grands Prix

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    33

  2. Max Verstappen

    31

  3. Sebastian Vettel

    25

  4. Michael Schumacher

    24

  5. Valtteri Bottas

    24

All Records

Circuits

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    33

  2. Max Verstappen

    29

  3. Alain Prost

    28

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    27

  5. Kimi Räikkönen

    26

All Records