In a moment of self-reflection, the seven-time Formula 1 Drivers’ Champion admitted that there were times over the past few years when he wondered if a day like this would be possible again. Speaking at the following the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton opened up about his journey through the better part of three F1 seasons. Given what both he and Mercedes experienced over these past three campaigns, it was understandable that the driver had experienced some self-doubt.
There was the painful end to the 2021 title fight with Max Verstappen that Hamilton still references to this day, the 2022 campaign that began with the failed “zero pod” experiment that saw Mercedes simply “ ” wrong with their car, and a 2023 season that ended with Hamilton held without a victory and making the decision ahead of this campaign to leave the team for Ferrari at the end of 2024. Putting all of those pieces together, it was fair to wonder for both analyst and driver alike if a day like Sunday at Silverstone would happen again. But the beauty of sports, and the emerging brilliance of this Formula 1 season, is that the unexpected can happen.
That the stars can align for a moment like this, a British Grand Prix that ended with one of the nation’s favorite sons holding the Union Jack aloft, paying tribute to the thousands of fans calling his name, as a winner once again. After nearly 1,000 days of pain, heartbreak, and doubt. “I think with the kind of the adversity I would say that we�.
