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Lewis Hamilton equals Juan Manuel Fangio with fifth F1 title

Lewis Hamilton wins fifth F1 world championship, making him joint second most successful driver of all time. The 33-year-old becomes only the third man in history to win five world titles. He matches the haul of the Argentine legend Juan Manuel Fangio and is two behind all-time record holder Michael Schumacher. Hamilton needed only to finish seventh even if Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won the race to become champion - but the German could manage only second place behind the dominant Max Verstappen despite a valiant and strong race. It was a difficult race for the Mercedes driver, who battled tyre problems throughout, but his finishing position just off the podium was more than enough to seal...
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