{"id":30801,"date":"2019-10-26T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T15:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=30801"},"modified":"2019-10-26T16:37:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T15:37:27","slug":"can-lewis-hamilton-bring-another-world-championship-back-to-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/can-lewis-hamilton-bring-another-world-championship-back-to-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Lewis Hamilton bring another World Championship back to Britain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">The Mexican Grand Prix could prove to be an action packed race as the Stevenage speedster looks to add yet another Drivers Championship to his trophy collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Schedule:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Saturday:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Qualifying \u2013 19:00 pm BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Sunday:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Race\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 19:10 pm BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Formula 1 heads to the \u2018Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez\u2019 in Mexico City this weekend, consisting of 17 corners comprising 4.3 km. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">The grand prix was first held in 1963, with Jim Clark coming away with the 1<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: medium\">st<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"> place trophy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Despite the circuit\u2019s long history, only 19 races have been held following F1\u2019s return to Mexico in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino Linotype\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0Since then it has been vital in providing the arena for the drivers\u2019 championship, with the last 3 championships being decided here.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">Despite multiple overtaking opportunities scattered throughout the track, strategy takes priority in Mexico with an expected one stop strategy expected to be favoured for teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Palatino Linotype;font-size: x-large\">However, with rain forecasted on Sunday during the race anything is possible, as highlighted in Hockenheim earlier this year which proved a race to forget for points leader Hamilton. Team mate Valtteri Bottas is the only likely candidate to possibly pip Hamilton to the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Words by; Ferris Shaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican Grand Prix could prove to be an action packed race as the Stevenage speedster looks to add yet another Drivers Championship to his trophy collection. 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