The race that at last secured it was somewhat chaotic, through no blame of his own, yet the season in which Lewis Hamilton won his fourth world title has underlined his status as one of Formula 1’s unsurpassed greats.
Hamilton’s best is of a standard few have ever coordinated, and this year he delivered his best maybe more frequently than any other time in recent memory.
Presently the holder of the unequaled record for post positions, he set up together no less than five qualifying laps to rank with the best he has ever done – Montreal, Baku, Silverstone, Monza and Malaysia were each amazing in the way they reclassified the impression of what was conceivable.
For a great part of the year, Hamilton was battling an opponent, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, whose car was most likely superior to his Mercedes as a general bundle and positively less unpredictable. But then he has won more than twice the same number of races as the German and about three fold the number of post positions.
Without a doubt, Hamilton was helped by Ferrari’s implosion more than three races in Asia in September and October, when a driving blunder by Vettel and two motor issues successfully finished their test.
Of his nine wins up until this point, no less than three were of the exceptionally most astounding bore, and in altogether different ways – he battled back to catch and pass Vettel in Spain, held off a quicker Ferrari in Belgium, and came through against the chances with pace his group did not know they had in wet-dry Singapore. Also, three others, in Britain, Italy and the USA, were completely predominant. “He deserves it,” a downcast Vettel said on Sunday evening in Mexico. “He had a very, very strong season. Two races to go he clinches the championship. In a straight fight, he was the better man. So, congratulations.”
