Lewis Hamilton (Photo : Reuters)
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) gestures with his trophy as he celebrates his victory after winning the recent Chinese F1 Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. (Photo : REUTERS)
Lewis Hamilton capped off a very dominant season in F1 by winning the F1 world championship by winning the US grand Prix. Hamilton who pipped Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to the world title last year barely got out of second this year - sorry for the pun.
The 30- year old Englishmen in the process equalled childhood hero Ayrton Senna with three world titles. Lewis' nearest challenger Sebastien Vettel who needed to finish second to keep the world title alive, could only finish third.
It's quite a turnaround of form for Hamilton, who burst onto the scene and came agonisingly close to winning the world title in his first season in F1. The Englishman agonisingly lost out to then Ferarri driver Kimi Raikkonen.
The next season however Hamilton went one better and won the world title with boyhood team McLaren. No more world titles followed after that for Lewis. What seemed a controversial decision at the time saw the 30-year old move to Mercedes.
Two world titles have now come for Hamiton since he moved to Mercedes. Just like this year, next year Lewis Hamilton will go into the new season as the man to beat.
