“When I was younger I didn’t have anybody in the sport that looked like me so it was easy to think that’s not possible to get there because nobody of your colour has ever been there, you don’t see any Black people in F1 … But hopefully this sends a message to the kids that are watching … that it doesn’t matter where you come from, whatever your background, it is so important to you to dream big … You can create your own path and that is what I have been able to do, and it has been so tough. Tough doesn’t even describe how hard it has been.”
Lewis Hamilton (ENG, Mercedes-Benz)
After winning his seventh Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship, tying Michael Schumacher’s (GER) record.