Grenada’s Lewis Hamilton Wins 5th Formula 1 Title After Granddad’s Death

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE has secured his fifth Formula One championship title!

The Grenadian-repping, British-born racing driver won his fifth world championship on Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix. But as he raced for Mercedes AMG Petronas, the star sportsman had to push through his tremendous grief, winning in honor of his paternal grandfather, Davidson Augustine Hamilton, who died last Thursday.

“This has actually been a really difficult weekend because my grandfather died on Thursday morning,” he told reporters.

“Naturally, when someone passes away, it brings the whole family together. He was the godfather of the family. My dad and me were already quite close but it naturally brought us a little bit closer.”

Already considered the best driver of his generation, this fifth championship has definitely catapulted him into an exclusive club, where only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher reign with 5 wins also. At only 33 years old and one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport, we can foretell that Hamilton might just be F1’s greatest of all time.

12 seasons
227 starts
71 wins
81 poles
132 podiums
12,828 laps raced

5 WORLD TITLES#F1 @LewisHamilton pic.twitter.com/lwsawOvbaH

— Formula 1 (@F1) October 29, 2018

Hamilton began karting at the Rye House Circuit in Hertfordshire, when he was eight years old. He credits his Grenadian father, Anthony, who sacrifice by taking multiple jobs, just to support his car racing dreams.

He told the Guardian, “I never will forget the things that he did in order for me to be here today and for our family to thrive. I really do aspire to be like him, as a strong, black man and as a father and as a human being for doing what he did in the difficult times with the little that he had. I think that’s testament to where we are. I think all that work that he put in, my grandfather would be so proud of him, so proud of us and grateful that the Hamilton name is there and established and will now go down in history, which is kind of crazy to think.”

Congrats Sir Lewis Hamilton – F1’s G.OA.T!

Somewhere Nicki Minaj is happy for her rumored beau! 😉