Hamilton savours ‘greatest day’

Lewis Hamilton soaked up the feeling of becoming a two-time Formula One world champion and declared it to be "the greatest day of my life".

It was some remark given Hamilton’s 2008 triumph was the culmination of everything he had worked for since the day when he was 10 years old and he told former McLaren team principal Ron Dennis he would one day drive for his team.

But after taking the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi, his 11th victory of a phenomenal second season with Mercedes, all the emotion of a tough title fight with team-mate Nico Rosberg came flooding to the surface.