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LEwis Hamilton was already crying in the cabin. “For all the kids who dream of the impossible, you can do it!” Said the old and new Formula 1 world champion on pit radio. With his seventh world title, the Briton has set the most important record of Michael Schumacher. First, third surprise Sebastian Vettel knelt beside the black lacquered Silver Arrow and congratulated Hamilton, who was lost in himself. It took him a few minutes before the joy of the splendid path to Schumacher’s title record gushed out of him. He pulled the helmet off his head, got out of his car, and ran into the arms of his merry Mercedes crew.
In the slippery and rainy chaos of Istanbul, Hamilton scored his 10th win of the season on Sunday and raced to his next career milestone in the toughest conditions. The 35-year-old ousted Mexican Sergio Pérez at Racing Point and former champion Vettel at Ferrari after one race to reach second and third place. “I couldn’t have done better,” Mercedes motorsports director Toto Wolff told his star driver.
After the fourth final race of the season, Hamilton can no longer be displaced from the front. He has 307 championship points and is unmatched against his stable rival Valtteri Bottas. As fourteenth, the Finn had nothing to do with the fight for the top and was even traded. For a long time, the cars of the constructors’ world champions Mercedes could not cope with the new asphalt. Hamilton had only started from sixth place, but once again showed all his class on the particularly slippery and rain-wet track.
Hamilton was long held back by Sebastian Vettel at the Ferrari in the fight for fourth place, but took the lead for the first time on lap 38 and was able to defend it. Vettel was also able to convince after a good start and was rewarded with the first podium this season. Just two corners before the end of the race he took advantage of a mistake by his teammate Charles Leclerc and celebrated his best result of the year by far.
In sporting terms, Hamilton has now reached the top and is statistically on par with the best racing driver in history to date. There is no question that if he continues his career as expected, he can still surpass Schumacher. Negotiations should speed up after winning the title, Wolff said before the weekend. “We want him in the car and he wants the Mercedes,” the Austrian emphasized. Clue number eight and maybe more are possible.
But Hamilton has long been interested in things other than a fast car. His gaze has not only continued since the outbreak of the Corona crisis. He wants to have a positive influence on people’s lives, he is actively involved in the fight against racism and for greater diversity in society, and he also cares about protecting the climate and the environment.
“The driver’s license does not necessarily have an impact on people’s lives. Trying to improve conditions for people around the world – to create equal human rights – is the most important thing to me, ”Hamilton said for the last time. Notable words from the staunch vegan that has changed dramatically in recent years. “It has developed a lot. As a driver and also as a person outside the car, ”said his boss Wolff.
Gone are the days of public love affairs with pop star Nicole Scherzinger, she has also given up her private jet and now prefers to use her social media channels with more than 20.5 million followers on Instagram to draw attention to grievances. to present a collection of fashion designed by him or music that he himself has composed. Or just for some videos with your dog Roscoe.
In sporting terms, Hamilton has long been the benchmark. He holds the records for the most pole positions (97) and the most Grand Prix victories (94). He won his first world title in a McLaren in 2008, in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and now in 2020, six more in a row in a Mercedes. He suffered the only loss at Silver Arrow in 2016 when Nico Rosberg became champion and then ended his career.
Hamilton’s father used to have four jobs at the same time so little Lewis could get into motorsport. They were laughed at for wanting to make their Formula 1 dream come true. “But we made it as a family and we never gave up,” Hamilton recently wrote on Instagram.
