A striking majority of F1 fans believe Lewis Hamilton can win a historic eighth world championship if Ferrari delivers a car capable of challenging.
Hamilton is keen to break the ultimate F1 record he jointly holds with Michael Schumacher for the most drivers' championships in grand prix racing, having lost his first chance at doing so in the controversial ending to the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP.
Since then, Max Verstappen has won four successive titles and Lando Norris one as the seven-time champion badly struggled to adapt to the ground effect era of car, which was at odds with his driving style.
Hamilton prefers to brake hard and late and sharply turn into corners, known as 'V-ing' the corner, whilst the 2022-2025 cars favoured an earlier braking approach before rolling the car through the corner, known as 'U-ing'.
The 2026 generation of car is more akin to those of Hamilton's pomp at Mercedes, with the SF-26 appearing strong in the first Barcelona shakedown test.
Hamilton, who has not won a grand prix since the 2024 Belgian GP, failed to score a podium at any 2025 race in his first year at Ferrari, but over three-quarters of F1 fans, when asked in a RacingNews365 poll believe that he still has what it takes to conquer F1's final summit.
Check out the full results below!
Does Lewis Hamilton have what it takes to secure an eighth drivers' title?
| Option | Result |
|---|---|
| Yes - If Hamilton has the car, he still has the talent to be world champion again | 77.67% |
| No - Even if Hamilton has the car, he is no longer good enough to be world champion again | 22.33% |
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