[morini]

Hmmm..., interpretation.

Not really, that's how records work, first to do them sets them, others match or break them, and in so doing set new records.

You may well be technically correct and maybe I shouldn't bang on about it in a race thread. I hadn't really thought about it deeply, but in a sport like F1 that way of looking at records is pretty stupid IMO. So if / when Lewis Hamilton matches Michael Scumachers record of 7 WDC it is Schmachers record and Lewis only "matches it"? In my eyes they then both jointly own that record until someone else comes along and goes one better. Either way, the history books will show two names against 7xWDC in the same way they currently show two names with 5xWDC. I understand what you are saying and I'd say technically correct, but in the context of F1 records it is stupid. I'll always view two teams / individuals who hold the same record as "joint holders". So, if nobody has since beaten it you yourself are a joint 1500m record holder.

If there is a written down law that backs you up then fair enough, but even then I'd argue that it is a nonesensical way of viewing records.