Page 18 - AT

A18
Wednesday 6 november 2019

SUNS

SHINE

Mercedes driver Lewis
Hamilton, of Britain, holds the
second place trophy after the
Formula One U.S. Grand Prix
auto race at the Circuit of the
Americas, Sunday, Nov. 3,
2019, in Austin, Texas.
Associated Press
Hamilton

closing

in on

Schumacher’s

7 F1 titles

By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One
by one, Lewis Hamilton has
passed the great drivers of
Formula One. Except one.
And now Hamilton is quick-
ly approaching the leg-
acy of the great Michael
Schumacher. His chances
of catching him, once
thought to be impossible,
now look very, very good.
Hamilton won his sixth ca-
reer F1 championship Sun-
day with a second-place
finish at the U.S. Grand Prix,
leaving him one shy of the Booker scores 40 as Suns
seven won by Schumach-
er in the German’s run of hand 76ers 1st loss, 114-109
dominance between 1994
and 2004.
Hamilton’s sixth title — his
fifth since 2014 — moved
the British driver past Ar-
gentina’s Juan Manuel Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) shoots
Fangio, the “Godfather” of over Philadelphia 76ers center Kyle O’Quinn
Formula One, who won five
titles in the 1950s. Hamilton (9) during the second half of an NBA basketball
now stands alone behind game, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Phoenix. The Suns
Schumacher. “It’s an hon- defeated the 76ers 114-109.
or to be up here with these Associated Press
greats,” Hamilton said.
Page 20
Continued on Page 23