“I don’t really feel like I can compute it right now,” he said. Hamilton has always said he is not one for statistics, but this clearly hit home. “We don’t get to see each other all the time but we are connected. It’s crazy that it is 100 but it felt like one of the first. And they had a little chat, Hamilton briefly appearing to forget they were going out live. De La Rosa also happens to be one of the most astute observers of racing drivers, and he has incredible insight into what makes Hamilton special. Here he is explaining one of Hamilton’s greatest laps, at Canada in 2008.

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