In The Driver's Seat

Records will be broken as the best will only keep getting better

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrating with champagne on the podium after winning the Portuguese Grand Prix last weekend for a record 92nd victory in Formula One.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrating with champagne on the podium after winning the Portuguese Grand Prix last weekend for a record 92nd victory in Formula One. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Does the fact that Lewis Hamilton has now scored a record 92 grand prix victories, where a legend such as Sir Stirling Moss won only 16, really mean that he is the best F1 driver in history?

That is a rhetorical question that each of us can only rationalise in our own way, dependent on myriad personal judgments that can never be wholly objective.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 27, 2020, with the headline In The Driver's Seat: Records will be broken as the best will only keep getting better. Subscribe