F1 Timeline: Mercedes' rise to dominance

Step #5: Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton's switch from Mclaren to Mercedes will go down as a legendary move

51 race wins, 4 titles, innumerable poles and podiums later, nobody can question Lewis Hamilton's decision to move from a front-runner in Mclaren to a midfield Mercedes.

Is it a marriage made in heaven? No. Is everything perfect all the time? No. But what Mercedes does best is make a bloody fast car and what Hamilton does is drive it faster than anyone else.

It could be argued that some of the initial titles had more of a Mercedes stamp on them than a Hamilton one, but nobody can deny that the 2018 Championship was a case of Hamilton rising to the challenge and driving at a level even he has never driven before.

Somewhere though you would still have to give Mercedes the credit for going after Hamilton at a time when even he was slightly disgruntled about losing to Sebastian Vettel day in and day out. It was a perfect case of being at the right place at the right time, and it really has worked wonders for both.