Title glory with the Silver Arrows, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014
In 2014, Mercedes quickly found itself in a league of its own at the front of the pack, seemingly having leapfrogged its rivals in adapting to the sport’s new turbo-hybrid era. As such, an intra-team battle for the championship developed between Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg.
It was a fight that went down to the wire in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and, although Rosberg’s car suffered an energy recovery system failure that ended his chances, the team was concerned about whether the Hamilton’s vehicle could suffer the same problem. Thus, the Briton crossed the checkered flag to take the victory and his first title with Mercedes.
Record seventh championship: the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix
The following years brought much more glory for Hamilton and Mercedes, with the pair winning both championships in each subsequent season until 2021 (with the exception of 2016, where Rosberg took the drivers’ crown).
This culminated in a particularly special moment at the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix, a race in which Hamilton produced a masterful drive in wet conditions to claim victory and in the process equal Michael Schumacher’s record of being a seven-time world champion. world. It was very emotional for Hamilton, who admitted after the event that he was “speechless.”
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Memorable victories
A wet weather ride forever, 2008 British Grand Prix
What would any Hamilton list be without a mention of his first win at Silverstone, a triumph often heralded not only as one of his greatest wins but possibly one of the greatest performances in the sport?
After starting from fourth on the grid, Hamilton quickly gained two positions on the first lap before snatching the lead from his McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen a few laps later. From then on, Hamilton was untouchable, handling the dangerous conditions amid increasingly heavy rain to take victory by a surprising margin of 68.577s.