A triumphant Lewis Hamilton has already set his sights on winning a fifth Formula One world championship after being crowned Britain's most successful motor racing driver ever
A triumphant Lewis Hamilton has already set his sights on winning a fifth Formula One world championship after being crowned Britain's most successful motor racing driver ever. Hamilton, 32, surpassed Sir Jackie Stewart to become the first Briton to win more than three championships, and joined Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel as just the fifth to have won four or more after a chaotic race in Mexico on Sunday. The Englishman finished only ninth — the lowest position of his championship-winning season — following a stunning opening-lap collision with Vettel. "Four is a great number, but I want number five now," Hamilton said with a telling grin.
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A jubilant Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning his fourth F1 World Drivers Championship at Mexico on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Brave kid
"Throughout the race I was just thinking to myself, 'don't give up'. I went back to when my Dad put me in the boxing ring when I was younger and this kid beat the crap out of me. My nose was bleeding and I didn't want to go back in, and it felt very similar today. "I got the puncture, and I could have easily resorted to giving up, making mistakes, but, I remembered that moment and I was like 'I'm not going to give up, I'm going to keep pushing, and give it everything, so that when I cross the line I can be proud of myself,' and I definitely am."
Hamilton took the chequered flag with his helmet in his hands before holding a Union Jack aloft as he celebrated his remarkable achievement. Later, he arrived to address the media with a glass of champagne. He had one sip of bubbly before proclaiming it as disgusting and reverting to an energy drink. "This week I have just been reminiscing a lot about where I came from," Hamilton added.
'Beyond my imagination'
"Where I am now is way beyond my imagination. There were a couple of teachers that said 'you're never going to amount to anything,' so I wonder what they're thinking now?" "I hope that winning the title for the fourth time is testimony that you really can do something from nowhere, and I hope one day I'm able to help find the next me because he's out there somewhere."
One Hamilton is the first British driver to win four World Championship titles — he won in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2017
Nine No. of Grands Prix won by the Brit this season — more than double the tally of Sebastian Vettel (four) of Ferrari
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