For 12 seasons, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes penned one of the most fabled stories in the history of Formula One . On the track, they rewrote the record books with seven consecutive constructors’ titles and six drivers’ titles in an unprecedented period of dominance between 2014 and 2020. Off the grid, Hamilton – the sport’s first and only Black world champion – has grown to become its conscience, standing up against injustice and calling for more to be done to address diversity , representation and inclusion in motorsport through his charity, Mission 44.
As with every story, though, there comes an ending. For this famed partnership, that time will come in Abu Dhabi on December 8 as the pair head off in their separate ways. Hamilton will embark on an intriguing chapter with Ferrari , while Mercedes will begin a new era spearheaded by George Russell.
“We did so much together. We fought year-on-year-on-year. We’ve gone through so many highs and lows together,” Hamilton told CNN Sport in Qatar in a US and UK exclusive interview ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix there, the penultimate race of his Mercedes career.
“(We’re) the most successful partnership in history, which is something when we started out, we didn’t know that was necessarily going to be the case. “We created history together. I don’t look at what I wish we did more because there’s literally no more we could’ve done and we created great bonds, great friendships.
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