Formula1.com | LONG READ: How much longer can Lewis Hamilton stay on top?

Lewis Hamilton is in the midst of a fight he cannot win. This is the ‘generational’ battle so many great athletes face, the struggle to stay on top against the twin foes of age and the ever-improving rising stars pressuring him to loosen his grip on Formula 1 supremacy.

The only ‘victory’ for Hamilton is extending the fight because, eventually, you will be deposed. No matter how good you are, every empire crumbles, even those of an undisputed all-time great such as Hamilton. The question is, how long can Hamilton stay on top? —more—