Motor racing-F1 on tenterhooks: History for Hamilton or victory for Verstappen


FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - United States Grand Prix - Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. - October 24, 2021 Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the race with second place Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

(Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton will become either the first Formula One driver to win eight world championships or be dethroned by young nemesis Max Verstappen under the Abu Dhabi floodlights on Sunday.

Either a record will be set, one surely destined to be longer lasting than Ferrari great Michael Schumacher's seven between 1994-2004, or Hamilton's long reign will end in a generational shift.

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