{"id":17845,"date":"2020-11-15T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T02:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=17845"},"modified":"2020-11-15T20:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T02:28:53","slug":"lewis-hamilton-secured-his-seventh-world-title-with-victory-at-the-turkish-grand-prix-and-lewis-hamilton-has-also-joined-michael-schumacher-as-the-most-successful-driver-in-formula-ones-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=17845","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton secured his seventh world title, With victory at the Turkish Grand Prix, And Lewis Hamilton has also joined Michael Schumacher as the most successful driver in Formula One&#8217;s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content__headline-standfirst-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline \">&#8216;Hopefully this sends a message to kids&#8217;. Lewis Hamilton wants F1 feats to inspire<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tonal__standfirst u-cf\">\n<div class=\"content__standfirst\" data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seven-time world champion is sport\u2019s only black driver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018It\u2019s been tough, it was easy to think it was not possible\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p><strong>Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher\u2019s record of seven world championships on Sunday by <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2020\/nov\/15\/lewis-hamilton-wins-turkish-gp-to-clinch-record-equalling-seventh-f1-world-title-michael-schumacher\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">winning the Turkish Grand Prix<\/a> and said afterwards that he hoped his success as a black man in an almost exclusively white sport would act as inspiration to children everywhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An emotional Hamilton, who remains the sport\u2019s only black driver, went on to describe what a hard journey it had been to become the most successful driver in the history of <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/formulaone\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Formula One<\/a>. \u201cIt has been so tough. Tough doesn\u2019t even describe how hard it has been,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I was younger I didn\u2019t have anybody in the sport that looked like me, so it was easy to think that it was not a possibility. You don\u2019t see any black people on TV in F1 one so hopefully this sends a message to the kids that are watching.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-news--item rich-link--pillar-sport\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/11293337a0c0311ecddac231003100db43feb41a\/0_7_3500_2102\/master\/3500.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1f9eddf5c5e678f79626abc4ba809c12\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\">\n<h2 class=\"rich-link__title\"><strong><a class=\"rich-link__link\"> Lewis Hamilton wins Turkish GP to clinch record-equalling seventh F1 title @LewisHamilton,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey can see that it doesn\u2019t matter where you come from, or your background. Where you don\u2019t see someone of the same background or ethnicity or religion as you, then create your own path.\u201d Hamilton has been at the forefront of the anti-racism cause this season and said he would try to ensure his success made a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI promise you I am not going to stop fighting for change,\u201d he wrote on Instagram. With F1 expected to race in Azerbaijan, Bahrain and <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2020\/nov\/05\/f1-confirm-saudi-arabia-2021-race-in-face-of-human-rights-criticism-formula-one-motor-sport\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">now also Saudi Arabia<\/a> next season Hamilton suggested he was going to hold the sport more accountable for the regimes of the countries it visited. \u201cWe realise we\u2019ve got to face and not ignore the human rights issues in the countries that we go to, not just 20 years, 30 years from now, but now,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"element element-image img--landscape fig--narrow-caption fig--has-shares \" data-component=\"image\" data-media-id=\"7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><strong><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=f84302a32e2013c1c099fde684fb116c 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"620px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=af02e1cc3c1e4e2fe36d4d1114292e33 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" sizes=\"620px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=7708fcf589c2372bea39b85894fd27a7 1210w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"605px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=73799c709a00638eee0fc949b463225f 605w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"605px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=7a4a96f427a2b0b91ee44237a1be3cf5 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"445px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=85bbc7e67c2c0450a2a4de53161aac3a 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"445px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gu-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7b333e93d24da757f9c40f31c1feadfc7978fa31\/0_162_4867_2920\/master\/4867.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8a729650a0f498458b3df08c9cfba21e\" alt=\"Lewis Hamilton (centre) celebrates on the podium.\" \/> <\/picture><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"block-share block-share--article hide-on-mobile \" data-link-name=\"block share\">\n<p><strong>In doing so, he wrote his name alongside Michael Schumacher in Formula One&#8217;s record books as the most successful driver of all time, but speaking afterwards it was clear that this title represented more than that to Hamilton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aware of his position in sporting history, Hamilton has used his platform to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/30320972\/lewis-hamilton-wants-stay-f1-change-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advocate change in the world this year<\/a>. He has made his voice heard on subjects from racial injustice, to diversity and the environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After winning in Turkey, Hamilton took to social media to sum up his thoughts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Leading up to today, and even after I crossed the line, I&#8217;ve been gathering my thoughts about what&#8217;s most important to me,&#8221; he wrote on his Instagram feed after the race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;This year has been so unpredictable. With the pandemic and obviously the season being pushed back by several months, I had the most downtime I&#8217;ve ever had in my life. It gave me the chance to really think about my ultimate purpose. Seven World Championships means the world to me, I can&#8217;t even describe how much, but there&#8217;s still another race we&#8217;ve yet to win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><strong><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F1115%2Fr775995_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\" lazyloaded imageLoaded \" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" \/><\/picture><\/strong><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\"><cite><\/cite><\/figcaption><strong>&#8220;This year I&#8217;ve been driven not just by my desire to win on the track, but a desire to help push our sport, and our world to become more diverse and inclusive. I promise you I am not going to stop fighting for change. We have a long way to go but I will continue to push for equality within our sport, and within the greater world we live in.<\/strong><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Equaling Michael Schumacher&#8217;s record puts a spotlight on me that I know won&#8217;t be here forever. So, while you&#8217;re here, paying attention, I want to ask everyone to do their part in helping to create a more equal world. Let&#8217;s be more accepting and kinder to each other. Let&#8217;s make it so that opportunity is not something that is dependent on background or skin colour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Nothing is impossible. A driving force for me this year has been to set an example for the next generation, to never give up on your dreams. I was told by many that my dream was impossible, yet here I am. I want you to know that you can do it too. Never give up, keep fighting, and let&#8217;s keep rising to the occasion.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hamilton has already started to back up his words with actions. Earlier this year, he set up a commission of experts to help understand why Black people are underrepresented in British motorsport and, ultimately, come up with ways to change that fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahead of the season he took part in peaceful protests over racial injustice in London and persuaded Mercedes to paint its cars black instead of the brand&#8217;s traditional silver.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><strong><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0914%2Fr745525_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" \/><\/picture><\/strong><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>And as Hamilton has made his stand, the sport has followed with its own statements and commitments. Both F1 and his Mercedes team have taken a stronger stance on improving diversity and committed to themselves to bring about real change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They may have done the same without Hamilton, but he has done more than any other individual in F1 to keep the message alive. And now Hamilton hopes his seventh world title, which in other circumstances may have only inspired those who follow the sport, can be its own message for change in people&#8217;s lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s obviously no secret that I&#8217;ve really walked this sport alone as the only Black person here,&#8221; he said on Sunday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a really interesting point, the fact is I&#8217;m bi-racial. I&#8217;m bi-racial and I think this colour isn&#8217;t [what] people should read about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;But I think that hopefully shows when I was younger, I didn&#8217;t have anybody in the sport that looked like me. So it was easy to think that it&#8217;s not possible to be there, because nobody of your colour has been there, you don&#8217;t see any Black people on TV that are in F1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I think hopefully this sends a message to the kids that are watching, hopefully they see the performance today and hopefully they can see that it doesn&#8217;t matter where you come from. Whatever your background, it&#8217;s just so important to dream big.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If you are looking at places and industries and you don&#8217;t see someone of the same background or ethnicity as you or the same religion, create your own path. That&#8217;s what we did, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been able to do and it&#8217;s been so tough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Tough doesn&#8217;t even describe how hard it&#8217;s been. But I hope that that sends the message, that&#8217;s the most important message for kids &#8212; to dream as big as possible and not give up.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS LEWIS HAMILTON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton <span class=\"noexcerpt nowraplinks\"><a title=\"Order of the British Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_the_British_Empire\">MBE<\/a> <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honorary_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Academy_of_Engineering\">HonFREng,<\/a><\/span> is a <a title=\"Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Formula_One_drivers_from_the_United_Kingdom\">British racing driver<\/a> currently competing in <a title=\"Formula One\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Formula_One\">Formula One<\/a> for the <a title=\"Mercedes-Benz in Formula One\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One\">Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team<\/a>, having previously driven for <a title=\"McLaren\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McLaren\">McLaren<\/a>. The most successful driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton&#8217;s seven <a title=\"List of Formula One driver records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Total_championships\">World Championship titles<\/a> is an all-time record (tied with <a title=\"Michael Schumacher\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Schumacher\">Michael Schumacher<\/a>), while he holds the outright records for the most <a title=\"List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Lewis Hamilton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_Grand_Prix_wins_by_Lewis_Hamilton\">wins<\/a> (94), <a title=\"List of Formula One polesitters\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_polesitters\">pole positions<\/a> (97), <a title=\"List of Formula One driver records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Total_podium_finishes\">podium finishes<\/a> (163), <a title=\"List of Formula One driver records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Total_races_finished_in_the_points\">points finishes<\/a> (227), <a title=\"List of Formula One driver records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Total_career_points\">career points<\/a> (3738) and <a title=\"List of Formula One driver records\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Most_championship_points_in_a_season\">points in a season<\/a> (413). Hamilton is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport, and has been declared by some journalists, experts and fellow drivers as the greatest of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"really-serious-copyright\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Hopefully this sends a message to kids&#8217;. Lewis Hamilton wants F1 feats to inspire Seven-time world champion is sport\u2019s only black driver \u2018It\u2019s been tough, it was easy to think it was not possible\u2019 Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher\u2019s record of seven world championships on Sunday by winning the Turkish Grand Prix and said afterwards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2405,11,8,144,1314,1456,1156,13,14,1,537,7,9,10],"tags":[1341,1608,1609,2644,3208,3277],"class_list":["post-17845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-business","category-entertainment","category-f1-racing","category-global-business-entrepreneurs","category-global-news-updates-and-more","category-global-sports","category-health","category-most-commented","category-news","category-racing","category-sports","category-us","category-world","tag-1341","tag-1608","tag-1609","tag-2644","tag-3208","tag-formula-one-world-championship-career-nationality-united-kingdom-british-2020-team-mercedes3-car-number-44note-1-entries-264-264-starts-championships-7-2008","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}