Examining Lewis Hamilton’s Legacy After Clinching His Third Title at the USGP

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Published: October 26, 2015

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It was inevitable, Lewis Hamilton clinching the 2015 Formula One world championship. With four races remaining heading into Sunday's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, it was a question of when, not if, the 30-year-old would match the great Jackie Stewart's British record of three titles (only Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel have more).

In the end, not even a hurricane could derail Hamilton's epic season. The rains came and came and came over the weekend, wiping out the second free practice session and the final part of qualifying. At some points, Noah's ark would have been a more suitable vehicle around the Circuit of the Americas than an F1 car.

Hamilton prevailed, though, after a late-race mistake from his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, taking his fifth win in the last six races and 10th of the season. He is now 76 points clear of Vettel in second place with 75 points available over the final three races.

With the championship decided, we can step back and once again look at the bigger picture: Where does Hamilton's third title leave his legacy among the sport's greatest drivers?



Well, his win in Austin was the 43rd of his career, moving him one ahead of Vettel and alone into third place on the career list behind Schumacher and Prost.

And, yes, Hamilton has had the best car for the last two years, but Schumacher had a similar advantage for many of his title seasons, and Prost and Ayrton Senna (who is just behind Hamilton and Vettel on the career wins list) did not win their titles tottering around in midfield-level cars.

The best drivers usually end up in the best machines and, fastest car or not, Hamilton is an incredible talent, perhaps just now testing the limits of his abilities.

Before the start of the 2014 season, when we ranked each of the 32 world champions, Hamilton was 11th (certainly not a foolproof rankin...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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