Lewis Hamilton wraps up another world title
Lewis Hamilton wrote his name into the pantheon of Britain's all-time sporting greats by winning his sixth Formula One world championship in America.
The 34-year-old moved above the sport's Argentinian godfather Juan Manuel Fangio and within striking range of Michael Schumacher's record collection of seven after he took the chequered flag in Texas in second place.
Hamilton was required to finish only in the top eight to be certain of clinching the championship here.
Valtteri Bottas did all he could to take the title fight on to Brazil by passing Hamilton, on a different strategy to his Mercedes team-mate, for the victory with four laps remaining.
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen ran Hamilton all the way to the line, but finished just eight tenths of a second behind the Englishman.
"Get in there, Lewis," came the roar from Hamilton's race engineer, Pete Bonnington. "That is it. Champion of the world. You did that in style, mate."
"Still we rise, guys," replied an emotional Hamilton. "What an incredible weekend. To everyone that came out, I cannot believe it. I really can't believe it."
