Hamilton: ‘Mine and Seb’s battle were my favourite’World champion preparing for Imola test this weekendLewis Hamilton has acknowledged his battles with
Sebastian Vettel for the
Formula One world championship as the greatest so far in his career. The world champion, speaking before this weekend’s Emilia Romagna
Grand Prix at Imola, described his previous battles with Vettel as draining.
In 2017 and 2018 Hamilton and Vettel, who was then driving for Ferrari, were in a closely fought contest for the championship. In both years
Ferrari enjoyed a quicker car for at least half the season during which Vettel enjoyed an early lead on points, but Mercedes and Hamilton turned it around and ultimately won the championships. The pair developed a strong mutual respect in a hard but fairly contested fight.