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Mercedes driver Lewis
Hamilton, of Britain, celebrates
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

clinches F1

championship

No. 6 at U.S.

Grand Prix

By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lewis
Hamilton could have set-
tled in for a nice Sunday
drive to win the Formula
One championship.
There was no chance he
was going to do that. Not
with history at his fingertips.
Hamilton wrapped up his
sixth career F1 champion-
ship with a second-place
finish at the U.S. Grand Prix,
a race he led late until sur-
rendering the position to
Mercedes teammate Valt-
teri Bottas in the final laps.
The 34-year-old British driv- Minshew a flop in London,
er moved with one of the
record seven titles won no sure starter back in Jax
by Germany's Michael
Schumacher.
Hamilton has won the last Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4)
three championships and leaps in the air against the Jacksonville Jaguars
locked this one up with two
races left. during the second half of an NFL football game at
"Still we rise!" Hamilton Wembley Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in London.
shouted to his team over Associated Press
the car radio after the Page 20
checkered flag.

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