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Hamilton has earned title of greatest British driver - Sir Jackie Stewart

Three-time champion and Britain's most successful Formula 1 driver up until last weekend, Sir Jackie Stewart, says Lewis Hamilton has now earned the right to be called Britain's greatest after clinching a fourth world championship on Sunday. Hamilton now joins an elite club of three drivers with four titles alongside Sebastian Vettel and Alain Prost, leaving Stewart behind, but the Scottish driver insists his record was always meant to be broken and added that Hamilton had earned it. 'I have held the record for 44 years and records are meant to be broken,' said Stewart. 'He [Hamilton] has earned it. He has made big decisions. He left McLaren and that was a surprise to a lot of...
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