Lewis Hamilton: The world champion some find hard to like


Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton gives an interview after winning the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix at the Intercity Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul on November 15, 2020. - Lewis Hamilton won the race to seal his 7th World Championship. (Photo by Clive Mason / POOL / AFP)

PARIS, France (AFP): Lewis Hamilton has joined Michael Schumacher as the most successful driver in Formula One's history – yet despite all the acclaim, the seven-time world champion divides opinion.

With 20.6 million Instagram followers Hamilton is by a country mile the most popular member of the Formula One grid, supported by an army of loyal fans known as 'Team LH'.

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