Statistics show that Lewis Hamilton is already the most successful British Formula 1 driver of all time and by sunset on Sunday he could make a legitimate claim to be considered the greatest of his fellow countrymen. A fourth Formula 1 World Championship title would lift the Mercedes driver into the sporting stratosphere as one of a handful of men to have achieved the feat since the first championship began in 1950 – and the only Briton to do so. Michael Schumacher (seven), Juan Manuel Fangio (five), Alain Prost (four) and Sebastian Vettel — the current Ferrari rival who managed four in a row with once-rampant Red Bull — are the only current members of the four or more...
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