Two Ticks
After a fairytale season, reality returned to bite Lewis Hamilton at the final hurdle at Interlagos. Richard Barnes reflects on an astonishing Brazilian Grand Prix
All season long, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has been ticking off the boxes on his Formula One CV. At Interlagos for Sunday's season finale, the remarkable 22-year-old rookie added check marks to the two boxes that every driver would prefer to leave empty.
The first was in the category of 'Drive like a rookie'. For the first fifteen Grands Prix of his career, Hamilton had ridden his luck, followed his racing instincts and, generally, come away unscathed.
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