Lewis Hamilton has acknowledged his battles with Sebastian Vettel for the Formula One world championship as the greatest so far in his career. The world champion, speaking before this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, described his previous battles with Vettel as draining.
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“Mine and Seb’s battle were my favourite so far,” Hamilton said. “It’s knowing I was racing against an incredible driver, not only that but a great man in Seb who is a four-time world champion and we were racing against another team, he was at Ferrari who were very strong at the time. It took a lot out of both of us in that period of time, to remain focused to deliver weekend in, weekend out. That was a difficult period for us and it brought us closer, because the respect we have between us is huge.”