Lewis Hamilton won his fifth career Formula One championship with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix, making him the joint second most successful driver of all time.A race dominated by Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
The 33-year-old becomes only the third man in history to win five world titles. Mercedes British driver a fourth place in the Mexican Grand Prix enough to see him crowned champion with two races to go of the 2018 season, Lewis Hamilton has now drawn level with Juan Manuel Fangio, and is just two short of Michael Schumacher's Formula One titles record.
Hamilton said: "It is a very strange feeling right now. This was won through a lot of hard work through a lot of races. I am so grateful for all the hard work, for everyone who has been a part of it.
"To complete this, when Fangio has done it with Mercedes, it is an incredible moment.
"It was a horrible race. I got a great start and was working my way up and I really don't know what happened after that. I was just trying to hold on and bring the car home."
Vettel broke off from his post-race interview to congratulate Hamilton, as the two men embraced at the conclusion of a titanic battle.
Vettel said: "Well deserved. Congrats to him and his team. They did a superb job all year, we need to stand there and accept that, we would have loved to hang in there a bit longer but that wasn't the case."
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