Sun 30 Aug 2020 19.20 BST

Last modified on Mon 31 Aug 2020 04.37 BST. “When I was a teenage kid I would have woken up, had my bacon sarnie, watched the start and gone to sleep then woken up to watch the end,” Hamilton said. “If I was watching today I would do the same most likely and watch the highlights because they are much shorter. “Having grown up watching the Schumacher era, of course I know what it is like. I am still able to enjoy the battle but perhaps it is not as much fun for people to watch. Hamilton has scored five in seven years with Mercedes and is on course for another.

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