That’s it, one of the most significant collaborations in the history of F1, and of sport, has come to an end this Sunday : Lewis Hamilton competed in his very last race with Mercedes.
The Briton, who has won six championships, but also 84 victories and 78 poles with the Silver Arrows, therefore competed his last laps this Sunday. And the Ferrari driver wanted to finish in style as he made a crazy comeback in Abu Dhabi. Eliminated in Q1 on Saturday, the seven-time world champion finally finished fourth, close to the podium and ahead of his teammate George Russell.
Very moved, Hamilton listened Toto Wolff blow him on the radio that he has “rode like a world champion“, before answering. “It was a pleasure. We dreamed alone, but together we believed in it. Thank you for everything, thank you for encouraging and supporting me. This collaboration will go down in the history books. I am so grateful. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I love you“. “If we can’t win, I hope you can“, concluded Wolff.
The future teammate of Charles Leclerc then made a few donuts before sitting for a few moments alongside his Mercedes for the very last time in his career.
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