Lewis Hamilton has broken Michael Schumacher's career pole positions record by taking the 69th of his career. The Briton moved level with the German seven-time world champion in Belgium last week and followed that up at the Italian Grand Prix with his eighth pole of the season. BBC Sport takes a look at Hamilton's record in numbers. Click to see content: Hamiltonpolesrecord How often does Hamilton translate pole to victory? Hamilton's first pole position was at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix when he beat then McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso Hamilton's first pole position came in his sixth race - the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. He converted that into his first career victory. Since then he has...
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