{"id":39681,"date":"2020-11-15T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=39681"},"modified":"2020-11-15T14:28:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:28:58","slug":"lewis-hamilton-claims-his-seventh-f1-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/lewis-hamilton-claims-his-seventh-f1-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton claims his seventh F1 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish GP sealing his seventh F1 title, equalling Michael Schumacher&#8217;s record of seven drivers world titles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a race which was equally as challenging as it was unpredictable, Hamilton pulled off an unlikely victory from a sixth place start on the grid to secure his 94th win of a spectacular career.<\/p>\n<p>Already the record holder for the most victories, pole positions, podiums, points and now world titles, Hamilton&#8217;s achievements make him statistically the most successful F1 driver of all time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; 94 race wins.<br \/>&#8211; 97 pole positions.<br \/>&#8211; 163 podium finishes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And now alongside the great Michael Schumacher on SEVEN world titles! Lewis Hamilton &#8211; the most successful F1 driver of all time. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1327947929047490561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Realising the scale of his momentous victory Hamilton reacted with raw emotion in a post-race interview with Sky Sports, saying &#8220;I&#8217;m definitely a bit lost for words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to say thank you to my family. We dreamed of this when we were young, watching the Grand Prix, and this is way, way beyond our dreams. It&#8217;s so important for kids &#8211; dream the impossible. You&#8217;ve got to work for it, chase it, and never give up or doubt yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7X Formula 1 World Champion. Wow. To everyone that has supported me along the way, this is for you. To my incredible family, where do I even start? I am eternally grateful for your unconditional love, sacrifices and support&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uwb34qzCx2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uwb34qzCx2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LewisHamilton\/status\/1327954755885424640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton triumphed with only three races left in the 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>His teammate Valtteri Bottas completed a torrid race outside the points, finishing in 14th place, creating a 110-point lead in the drivers&#8217; standings.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Perez finished second for Racing Point.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican was second in the opening stages of the grand prix, a position behind his teammate Lance Stroll, who went on to cross the checkered line in 9th place.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointing end for Stroll in an otherwise impressive weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bg3v8VKEtBc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bg3v8VKEtBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by: Leah Nelson | Subbing: Grace Staley<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish GP sealing his seventh F1 title, equalling Michael Schumacher&#8217;s record of seven drivers world titles.\u00a0 In a race which was equally as challenging as it was unpredictable, Hamilton pulled off&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":39702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-sport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}