Published 23:53 IST, January 2nd 2020
Michael Schumacher's prophecy on Lewis Hamilton's F1 future comes true; watch video
Michael Schumacher, during the BBC’s Inside Sport program in 2008, had made a prediction on current Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton breaking his record.
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year 2013 will forever be remembered by Formula 1 and Ferrari fans after news broke out about Formula 1 legend and 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher meeting an accident. For past seven years, only few updates have been discussed about condition of German driver. Back in 2008, Michael Schumacher had predicted that current Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton would be one to break his record of 7 world championships. Fast-forward to more than a decade later, German legend's prediction is likely to come true after Lewis Hamilton lifted his sixth world title in 2019.
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Michael Schumacher on Lewis Hamilton winning F1 championship
Back in 2008 while speaking to BBC’s Inside Sport, Michael Schumacher had predicted that Hamilton would go on to win seven titles like him. Schumacher had even confessed that when he was on his own record run, t many pegged him to overhaul record set by Juan Manuel Fangio. He was of opinion that sole purpose of records, is to be beaten, so he would t be surprised if driver from back n or from future would eventually break his record.
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F1: Lewis Hamilton looking to equal Michael Schumacher's record
Lewis Hamilton enters 2020 F1 season with six world championships in his name and his eyes will be set on equalling Schumacher's record. Mercedes has been dominant force for some years w and Lewis Hamilton has rarely been challenged for title. year 2016 was only exception when he lost title to his ex-teammate and w rival Sebastian Vettel. In current set up, likes of Ferrari and Red Bull will look to halt Mercedes juggernaut in upcoming season.
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Recently, British driver has been in news regarding his move to Ferrari. Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri had confirmed F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is er to join team when his time at Mercedes comes to an end. Hamilton has long been linked with a move to Ferrari after previously admitting his admiration for Italian outfit.
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23:53 IST, January 2nd 2020