Hamilton won the 92nd career championship, surpassing Schumacher to become the first man in F1 history.
"All this is due to the members of the Mercedes team and the rear factory. It is my honor to work with everyone."
"I could only dream of achieving the results I am today, and I still need time to digest. I don't know what to say at this moment."
Wearing a dark black mask, Hamilton's trembling voice was transmitted to all parts of the world through the broadcast signal.
Starting from the pole position, the leg cramped and slipped to third position, re-adjusted to catch up, grabbed the leading position on the 19th lap, and...there was no more.
At the Algas International Circuit in Portugal, Hamilton took the lead to cross the finish line and won his 92nd F1 championship, surpassing Michael Schumacher, who is regarded as the "king of cars" by the world, and created a new history of F1.
When this scene happens, it even feels less real.
After the game, Hamilton hugged his father affectionately.
After the game, he gave his father Anthony Hamilton a big hug. The father and son have gone through a rough enough road to finally be qualified to wait for such a wonderful and sacred moment.
In Hamilton's growth trajectory, his father played the role of enlightenment, although the family was fragmented when Hamilton was two years old.
His father introduced racing into Hamilton's childhood life, and racing, brought Hamilton to a new world where he could do a lot in the future.
Back in 2008, Hamilton was still just a "sophomore rookie", but at the same time, that was also the championship year in which he won his first championship.
At that time, Schumacher talked about this young man who was only 23 years old in an interview with British radio station BBC: "I really think highly of him, because I think what he has done in such a short period of time is incredible. . But what I have always worried about is whether we should talk about'he is the best.' From the outside world, these are still not very clear."
Hamilton stood on the car after the race to celebrate his victory.
Image source: F1 official WeChat public account
It's a bit unreal to say-in Schumacher's stagnant memory, Hamilton was still the talented child.
On December 29, 2013, Schumacher had an accident while skiing in the French Alps. He hit his head against a rock and was severely injured and fell into a coma.
Today, although his condition has improved, he still has not recovered completely.
If you look from the depths of his heart, the British guy named Lewis Hamilton still looks like he was under 29.
Data map: Schumacher.
When the car king Schumacher galloped down the snow slope, the track that once belonged to him had long changed.
Lost the "king", F1 began to beacon of endless days.
As the first black driver in the history of F1, it has been five years since Hamilton had his only involvement with the annual driver's championship.
Compared with the brilliance when he first arrived, Hamilton did not soar into the sky as the outside world expected after losing a point in 2007 and winning the championship in 2008.
In the next five years, he finished fourth three times and fifth two times in the annual standings.
However, this paddock of constant disputes passed the scepter into his hands after all, starting in 2014-Schumacher fell into a "sleep" second year.
Data map: Mercedes driver Hamilton left on a scooter after a practice session.
Image source: AP
Leaving the McLaren team that brought him to the F1 circuit, Hamilton and his new owner Mercedes-Benz have only run in for one year, and they have demonstrated unparalleled dominance.
In the 2014 season, drivers are allowed to choose a unique car number under the new rules. Hamilton's choice is 44, which is the number he used when he was driving a kart as a teenager.
The speed whirlwind of the dark-colored No. 44 car swept 11 races in 2014. In the competition with teammate Nico Rosberg, he finally had the last laugh.
Data map: Hamilton drove the No. 44 car galloping in the race.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
In the next two years, the script was exactly the same. No one could stop Mercedes. In the leading position of F1, it seemed that only Hamilton and Rosberg were left.
Hamilton successfully defended his title in 2015, but in 2016, Rosberg interrupted his continuous championship and subsequently announced his retirement.
The advantages of the Mercedes team have been continuing, and the team's number one driver Hamilton is doing his part to dominate the stage.
Inadvertently, Hamilton broke countless records, and at that time, 2020, he had already topped the title of six crowns, and began to move towards four consecutive championships.
Data map: Hamilton.
Photo by Yin Liqin
Half a month ago, Hamilton had a great success in the German race and won the 91st championship of his career, tying the record held by Schumacher.
At the Portuguese station, when he overtook Bottas to win the pole position at the last moment, the fans waited for the turn of the times with mixed feelings.
The athlete with the most championship titles in F1 history finally came to Hamilton from the "car king" Schumacher.
Interestingly, the latter said in an interview that he often played Schumacher in racing games when he was a child. He thought at the time that no one would break Schumacher's record.
After Hamilton won the 91st championship, the Schumacher family's response was even more meaningful: "Hamilton is an excellent driver and his performance is obvious to all. We can't deny that we would like Michael to keep these records, but as he said, 'Records are used to be broken.'" On the podium after the game, Hamilton also took over his father's helmet from the son of "Car King" Mick Schumacher.
On the 11th local time, the F1 German Grand Prix came to an end. Hamilton won the 91st race championship of his F1 career, tied the record held by Schumacher and tied for the first place in history.
After the game, Schumacher's son Mick Schumacher came to congratulate and presented his father's helmet to Hamilton.
Records are used to be broken.
At the turn of the century, Michael Schumacher, the absolute king of the F1 circuit, once said this, because before him, there has never been a driver who can create such a magical result.
Schumacher not only broke records, but also broke invisible barriers, penetrated time and space, and pushed F1 sports to a whole new level in the world-an unprecedented height belonging to motorsports.
At that time, it seemed that Schumacher was accomplishing the miracle, and it seemed difficult for anyone to catch up.
But after a few short years, Hamilton did it, and it seems that he is still on this endless track.
Data map: On August 2, local time, the F1 UK station was competing for the race.
Hamilton, who started from pole position, led all the way, but at the last moment a puncture occurred. He insisted on crossing the finish line with the punctured tyre and won the championship of this station.
In the 12 races that have ended this season, Hamilton won 8 of them. In the driver's standings, he scored 256 points.
The huge points lead makes people have reason to believe that his four consecutive championships and the seventh in his career are almost at hand.
When one record after another is defeated by Hamilton, the question will eventually lead to an end, Hamilton and Schumacher, who is the "car king".
It is difficult to explore the masters of a sport.
Just as the older generation of fans always believed that Jordan is the "god of basketball", but later ones said that they had never watched Jordan's game. Kobe, James, and Curry were the kings in their hearts.
Data map: Hamilton holds the championship trophy in the race.
In F1, the racing sport, there are also different criteria for different periods of time.
Some people say that Hamilton's achievements will eventually overwhelm Schumacher, and he will become the king of cars a few years later.
But the sound waves of different opinions are not weak, "Today's F1 depends on cars and not people."
Arguments of this kind seem to be unable to see the end at a glance.
The "Car King" should be limited by the era, and every onlooker happens to be in his own era.
Adapting to your time and remembering those beautiful moments is far more precious than the time when you persuade others to accept you.
Because everything is good, it should appear in your own eyes in the end.
With the efforts of Schumacher and Hamilton, F1 has grown rapidly.
If Schumacher, who is alone in the personal spiritual world, can perceive these, he will definitely be relieved.
(Author: Wang Sishuo)