Lewis Hamilton

World Championship Titles:

1. #1 2008

   Hamilton won his first title in dramatic fashion; on the last corner of the last lap in the last race of the season, becoming the then-youngest Formula One World Champion in history as he denied race-winner Felipe Massa the title by one point.

   

   

   

2. #2 2014

   Changes to regulations ahead of the 2014 season, which mandated the use of turbo-hybrid engines , contributed to the start of a highly successful era for Hamilton as he found himself in the most dominant car on the grid. That year saw Mercedes win 16 of the 19 races that season, 11 of those secured by Hamilton as he prevailed in a season-long duel for the title against teammate Nico Rosberg.

   

   

   

3. #3 2015

   Hamilton dominated the 2015 season, winning ten races finishing on the podium a record seventeen times as he matched his hero Ayrton Senna with three World Championships titles.

   

   

   

4. #4 2017

   Scuderia Ferrari and their four World Champion Sebastian Vettel became Hamilton's closest rival as the pair exchanged the championship lead throughout 2017 in a tense title fight. Hamilton registered 11 pole positions that season as he took the record for the all-time most pole positions, and his consistency (finishing every race in the points), as well as a lack of a serious challenge from his new teammate Valtteri Bottas, saw him record nine race victories and secure his fourth World Drivers' title as he overturned a points deficit to Vettel in the first half of the season, ultimately wrapping the title up in Mexico with two races to spare.

   

   

   

5. #5 2018

   The 2018 season was the first time that two four-time World Champions, Hamilton and Vettel, would be competing for a fifth title and was billed as the Fight for Five by journalists and fans. As with the season before, Ferrari and Vettel appeared to have the upper hand for much of the season, topping the standings until the half-way point. However, Vettel's season unravelled with a number of driver and mechanical errors, while Hamilton's run of six wins in seven in the latter half of the season saw Hamilton clinch the title in Mexico for a second year running as he set a new record for the most points scored in a season (408)

   

   

   

6. #6 2019

   Having signed a contract with Mercedes that lasts until 2020, it was confirmed Hamilton would defend his title in 2019. Hamilton led the drivers' standings for the majority of the season, fending off title challenges from team-mate Bottas, the Honda-powered Red Rull of Max Verstappen and Ferrari's recently promoted Charles Leclerc, to clinch his sixth drivers' crown at the 2019 United States Grand Prix with two races remaining.

   

   

   

7. #7 2020

   At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Hamilton took his 92nd Formula One win, breaking the record previously held by Michael Schumacher. His victory in Turkey saw him seal his seventh drivers' title, equalling Schumacher's record of seven World Championship titles.