Hamilton: "I want to be embracing and encouraging the next youngsters"

"However, I couldn’t have done this without that amazing group of people behind me", Hamilton thanks his family and his team at the press conference. The Britishman has set himself a special goal after winning his seventh world title.

The Mercedes driver knows better than anyone that sometimes Formula 1 can be tough and sometimes you have to be a bit lucky. "I know how hard it is to do the job and I know how this world works. Of course you have to have a good team and of course you have to have a great car. There is no driver that’s ever won – really won – the Championship in the past without it."