On Saturday, the second half of the Formula One season kicked off at the iconic Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Lewis Hamilton needed to score pole position to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 68 poles. He did just that in front of thousands of spectators. Twitter also saluted the triple world champion for achieving this feat.
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Lewis Hamilton is one short of Michael Schumacher’s all-time #F1 pole record Will HAM claim a 68th career pole in Spa? #BelgianGP 🇧🇪
The Iceman is on 🔥 1:43.916s is a new track record 💪 #FP3 #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1
NEW TRACK RECORD! (again) This time it's Hamilton, who smashes a 1:43.539 to go P1 🔥 BLOG ➡️ bit.ly/BEL-Qualy #BelgianGP #C4F1
INITIAL CLASSIFICATION (END OF Q2): 🚀 Blistering lap from HAM, 👏 Nice job, @JolyonPalmer #Quali #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1
https://twitter.com/officialminisES/status/901429672814276610
Message from the #Schumacher family to Lewis #Hamilton on equalling Michael's pole position record. #F1 #BelgiumGP #KeepFightingMichael
INITIAL CLASSIFICATION (END OF QUALIFYING): Confirmation of an incredible performance by @LewisHamilton #Quali #BelgianGP 🇧🇪 #F1
A very special message for a historic #F1 moment... #Quali #BelgianGP 🇧🇪
BREAKING: History made as @LewisHamilton equals Michael Schumacher's all-time #F1 record of 68 pole positions #BelgianGP 🇧🇪
HAM (on equalling MSC): "I had the privilege of racing with Michael... I'm honoured to be up there on poles with him" #Quali #BelgianGP #F1
Hamilton=Schumacher! #BelgianGP #f1 #f1naglobo #f1nosportv #F1noGP
68 F1 poles for Michael Schumacher vs 68 F1 poles for LewisHamilton #BelgianGP
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