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An F1 record held by Lewis Hamilton will remain intact for some
time after Oscar Piastri's crash at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Following a false start, Piastri dropped to the back of the F1
field on the run into the opening corner in Baku. As he sought to
make up the lost ground, the Australian locked up his front tyre on
the approach to Turn 3 and speared into the barrier, eliminating
himself from the race. It marked his first non-finish since the
2023 US Grand Prix and brought an end to his streak of consecutive
races finished. Prior to his Baku crash, Piastri was closing in on
Hamilton's record for the most consecutive races seeing the
chequered flag. From the 2018 British Grand Prix to the 2020
Bahrain Grand Prix, Hamilton finished 48 races in a row. His
streak was halted by being forced to sit out the Sakhir Grand Prix
after testing positive for Covid-19. Piastri's race-finishing run
began at the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix and concluded with the Monza
race earlier this month, cementing the figure at 44. George Russell
is now Hamilton's closest threat, with his current streak at 26
grands prix. Most consecutive F1 race finishes
