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Why Hamilton is the best he's ever been

Lewis Hamilton's victory at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend gave him a 40-point lead over Sebastian Vettel, who has been driving what is considered the fastest Formula 1 car over a single lap in 2018. Here's how the Mercedes star altered his approach to raise his game.

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You can't win and lose as many races as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have without coming to know victory and defeat intimately.

The seasoned general instinctively recognises the significance of every battle, and just as Hamilton's Singapore Grand Prix victory in 2017 was the decisive one in last year's Formula 1 war, so it is again this time around.

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