When I won the championship last year, I was like, 'how am I going to improve?
"He drove superb all year and was the better one of us two," said Vettel. The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season of Formula One motor racing.It featured the 68th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. He also holds the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning five from Ten drivers have achieved consecutive wins in the World Drivers' Championship.
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"It's a very strange feeling right now. "At 33 years of age and in his 12th season of F1, Hamilton is at the same stage of his career as Schumacher was when the German great clinched his fifth crown in 2002.Fangio, who won five of the first eight F1 championships after the series was launched in 1950, was 46 years old when he won his fifth and final title in 1957.Title rival Sebastian Vettel was among the first to congratulate Hamilton on his triumph before applauding the Englishman's achievement. A driver secures the World Championship each season when it is no longer mathematically possible for another driver to beat them no matter the outcome of the remaining races, although it is not officially awarded until the end of the season. "Number five is something incredible. The United Kingdom has produced the most Champions with ten; Brazil, Germany and …
"Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: "Usually, we don't acknowledge greatness until someone's career is over, but we need to take a moment to recognise its presence - Lewis has now equalled Fangio's record and there aren't many like him out there! Hamilton wrapped up the 2018 crown with fourth place at … "I've been with Mercedes since I was 13 so to complete this - Fangio had done it with Mercedes - it's an incredible feeling and very surreal at the moment. BBC Radio 5 live pitlane reporter Jennie Gow: "Rosberg is the 2016 F1 champion and deservedly so. Of those, only Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have won two sets of consecutive Formula One Drivers' Championships. Rindt's championship was confirmed two rounds after he had been killed in an accident during qualifying for the Lewis Hamilton has become Formula 1 world champion for the fifth time to cement his place among the sport's all-time legends.
At the end of 2014 when he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton it must have been heartbreaking. The earliest in a season that the Drivers' Championship has been clinched was in Overall, thirty-three different drivers have won the Championship, with German Michael Schumacher holding the record for most titles, at seven. It wasn't won here, it was won through a lot of hard work through many races," said Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton has become Formula 1 world champion for the fifth time to cement his place among the sport's all-time legends.
And that's the goal. "La Liga backs Barca's €700m clause in Messi exit rowFerrari inquest begins after worst result for a decadeHamilton storms to Spa win, Ferrari finish point-lessLewis Hamilton crowned 2018 Formula 1 world champion How can I be more focused? I asked him to keep pushing for next year and be at his best to fight him again. How can I be fitter? ""It's definitely my best year.
The Drivers' Championship has been won in the final race of the season 29 times in the 69 seasons it has been awarded. Hamilton wrapped up the 2018 crown with fourth place at the Mexican GP.Hamilton is just the third driver in history to win five or more Drivers' Championships after Juan Manuel Fangio, the 1950s great, and Michael Schumacher.Only Schumacher, with seven titles, has now won more F1 championships than Hamilton.