Lewis Hamilton put in a spectacular drive to win the Turkish Grand Prix and give him his 10th victory of the season.

More crucially, this, his 94^th Grans Prix win saw him claim the seventh drivers’ title of his career, to equal the record of Michael Schumacher.
 

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel completed the podium after an action-packed race in Istanbul.
 

Hamilton in the Mercedes had started the race in sixth, rising to third midway through the first lap but then dropped back to sixth by the end of Lap 1 after an error at Turn 9.
 

But a decision to change his intermediate tyres just once saw Hamilton drive a masterful race to claim victory by over 25 seconds from Perez.
 

The win alone was enough to claim his seventh championship, but it was even more assured after a disastrous race for Valtteri Bottas - the only man who could have stopped Hamilton winning the title today - who spun six times en route to a P14 finish.
 

“I’m lost for words,” said an emotional Hamilton, having climbed out of the car after what was, without doubt, a true champion’s drive. “We dreamed of this when I was young… and this is way, way beyond our dreams.”