Stefano Domenicali is convinced F1 is strong enough to survive without a huge impact if Lewis Hamilton retires at the end of the year. Formula 1’s dominant driver is approaching the end of his record-shattering career, now 36 and into his 15th season – having been World Champion in half of the campaigns he has completed. Hamilton’s exit from the sport would leave a huge void, especially as all of the three other World Champions still on the grid are now well into their 30s – or even in their 40s – and looking unlikely to add to their tally of titles. But the F1 CEO believes the phalanx of emerging young drivers can take the sport into a successful new era when Hamilton decides to...
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