Lewis nabs a fourth crown

AN elated Lewis Hamilton has become Britain’s first four-time F1 world champion after he fought back from last after a first-lap collision with Sebastian Vettel at the Mexican GP.

In a race won by 20-year-old Dutch prodigy Max Verstappen, in a Red Bull, 32-year-old Mercedes driver Hamilton finished ninth.

Vettel, the only man who could have delayed the inevitable, finished fourth after he started on pole position and then dropped to 19th after a pitstop to replace a broken front wing.