
It’s easy to forget what a risk he seemed to be taking when he flew the family nest of McLaren to strike out on his own at Mercedes. But six world titles prove that it was entirely justified, and who’s to say there won’t be more?
In our cover feature, our Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas analyses Hamilton’s past decade, with insights from the Mercedes team’s engineering chief Andrew Shovlin. In addition to this, our Chief Editor Kevin Turner takes on the task of ranking each of Hamilton’s 10 seasons at the team. See if you agree!