New Delhi: Divine intervention is perhaps the only possible explanation for the manner in which Formula One star Lewis Hamilton's prayers were answered in the most nerve-racking and dramatic finale to a season of all time.
There is something about him that makes people reach for words like ‘destiny’ to account for his phenomenal rise.
There are obvious parallels to be drawn with the golfing prodigy Tiger Woods. There is the same trailblazing success by a black man in a white-dominated sport, the same incredible talent, and the same conviction and self belief.
“People say that I am possibly the Tiger Woods of Formula One but I am the Lewis Hamilton of Formula One. That is great. Tiger has done so much for the sport, there is so many more people involved — even myself I am getting into golf now. I hope I can have the same impact on motorsport,” a humble Hamilton says.
No wonder, just as with Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods before him, experts are not mincing any words in saying that he is fated to be an all-time great
Five-time F1 winner John Watson says, “Lewis went by and quite simply went from being runner up to being 2008 world champion. You couldn't write a script, you couldn't write the movie. I have never known a finish to any Formula One world championship that has been as exciting as that. I am almost speechless, almost speechless."
1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill add, "Yeah, I think it is a tremendous result. He's come out on top after nearly winning it in his first season. He’s the youngest ever world champion, Britain's new world champion and first one for 12 years. He's put Britain back at the top and we are very proud of him.”
Add Hamilton's photogenic looks, the fascinating combination of maturity and youthful aggression and the sport has a figure who unlocks doors of opportunity like never before.
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