News Details

Hamilton has earned title of greatest British driver - Sir Jackie Stewart

Three-time champion and Britain's most successful Formula 1 driver up until last weekend, Sir Jackie Stewart, says Lewis Hamilton has now earned the right to be called Britain's greatest after clinching a fourth world championship on Sunday. Hamilton now joins an elite club of three drivers with four titles alongside Sebastian Vettel and Alain Prost, leaving Stewart behind, but the Scottish driver insists his record was always meant to be broken and added that Hamilton had earned it. 'I have held the record for 44 years and records are meant to be broken,' said Stewart. 'He [Hamilton] has earned it. He has made big decisions. He left McLaren and that was a surprise to a lot of...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Stewart: Records are made to be broken

Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart is ready to give up his record as...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Stewart ready to surrender record to Hamilton

Jackie Stewart is ready to give up his record as Britain’s most...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

Lewis Hamilton: Sir Jackie Stewart & Jenson Button...

Former British world champions Jenson Button and Sir Jackie Stewart praise...
8y ago from BBC.co.uk

Hamilton truly deserves won the world title again –...

Jackie Stewart may only have one day remaining before Lewis Hamilton...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati believes new MotoGP upgrades will help it...

Ducati believes its latest Jerez MotoGP test upgrades should help it take...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

All drivers clear Indy 500 Rookie Orientation...

IndyCar’s two-day test session for the Indianapolis 500 got underway...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crashes out of Rally Islas Canarias

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson have crashed out of Rally Islas...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Deal progressing: PSG have 'intensified' efforts to...

Paris Saint-Germain reportedly seem to be making progress on a potential...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Andrea Berta talked Mikel Arteta into Arsenal transfer...

Arsenal director Andrea Berta was reportedly the key driving force behind...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

How to watch Arsenal vs Newcastle

Arsenal seek to reclaim top spot in the Premier League when they host...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal eye Premier League-proven 28-G/A star after...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Atletico Madrid striker Julian...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Brundle sees ‘big step forward’ for Ferrari and...

This weekend’s Miami Grand Prix is shaping up... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

'I might get shot for saying this' - F1 champion HATES...

F1 champion and legend Nigel Mansell has given... Read More »
53m ago from GPFans.com

FIA close F1 engine loophole ahead of Miami GP

F1 has introduced a major change to its technical... Read More »
5h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.