The hidden milestone behind Hamilton’s grand slam finale

Formula 1 has used hybrid power units since 2014, but has done a relatively poor job of explaining the engineering excellence they contain. But the achievements of Lewis Hamilton's final '19 engine have highlighted their strength

Jonathan Noble Dec 18, 2019, 11:14 AM

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When Lewis Hamilton rounded off his title-winning 2019 Formula 1 campaign with the grand slam of pole position, victory, fastest lap and every lap led in Abu Dhabi, it marked a fittingly dominant end to a brilliant season.

But, behind the public achievement of a such a crushing performance, lay perhaps an even more remarkable landmark for his Mercedes team.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.