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Lewis Hamilton wins 2014 F1 championship: Abu Dhabi victory sees Hamilton become 16th driver to win multiple Drivers' Championships

Hamilton joins the likes of Stewart, Clark and Hill in winning the F1 Drivers' Championship on more than one occasion

Jack de Menezes
Sunday 23 November 2014 16:10 GMT
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Lewis Hamilton won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to secure the 2014 Drivers' Championship, the second of his career, to ensure he joins a list of the who's who of Formula 1 Racing.

In adding the 2014 title to his triumph in 2008, Hamilton becomes just the 16th driver to win multiple Drivers' Championships, and joins Sir Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and Jim Clark in the list of British drivers to win more than one title.

He still has a long way to catch Michael Schumacher's record of seven Drivers' Championships, while Juan Manuel Fangio sits in second having been the last driver to win the title in a Mercedes.

7 - Michael Schumacher (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

5 - Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)

4 - Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)

- Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

3 - Jack Brabham (1959, 1960, 1966)

- Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971, 1973)

- Niki Lauda (1975, 1977, 1984)

- Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983, 1987)

- Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991)

2 - Alberto Ascari (1952, 1953)

- Graham Hill (1962, 1968)

- Jim Clark (1963, 1965)

- Emerson Fittipaldi (1972, 1974)

- Mika Hakkinen (1998, 1999)

- Fernando Alonso (2005, 2006)

- Lewis Hamilton (2008, 2014)

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