Lewis Hamilton has always found BBC Sports Personality of the Year a thorny subject. Yet despite his success across 14 seasons, Hamilton is something of an enigma to the British public. We have seen Hamilton develop a strong sense of social conscience in recent years, championing veganism and green issues. Hamilton recently said: ‘Naturally, the human rights issues in so many of the places we go is a consistent and massive problem. He has started his own workforce looking into racism — the Hamilton Commission — which is due to report back next year. Like most successful people, you’ve had a bit of luck and worked hard.

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