In this contest, Hamilton was not the driver, but the patron of the team, whose name he himself chose: X44, in reference to the number of his Mercedes car in F1. Cristina Gutiérrez and Sébastien Loeb were responsible for the steering wheel and even won the final round, held in Dorset, UK, but it was not enough for the championship title. Don’t wait around to find the best odds for your choice, just open an original Pinnacle account with a betting service without limits and enjoy betting on the motorsports.
Seven days after his runner-up finish in the Formula 1 world championship, Lewis Hamilton saw his team take second place in the first edition of the Extreme E, a rally competition with electric cars, this Sunday (19). The winning team was Nico Rosberg’s, former teammate of the Englishman in F1.
X44 had come into the last race of the season 16 points behind RXR, Rosberg’s team. The two teams started side by side in the last event. X44 jumped out in front and was no longer threatened, but all RXR needed was a fourth-place finish to secure the title, and that was exactly the position of Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor.
This is the second time that Rosberg has beaten Hamilton in the world of motorsports. The two were Mercedes teammates for four seasons in Formula 1; during this period Hamilton was a two time world champion (2014 and 15), but in 2016 it was the turn of the German driver, who decided to retire from the category afterward.
Until last week, this 2016 title was the only one not won by Hamilton in seven consecutive years in Formula 1. However, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took off an overtake on the last lap of the last GP of the season in Abu Dhabi, became world champion for the first time, and ended the Englishman’s dominance in F1. Soon a new season will begin, stay tuned to our news section to get the most up-to-date information.