F1 great Mansell tips Hamilton to break Schumacher’s record

TIL Desk Sports/ British Formula One great Nigel Mansell has tipped defending champion Lewis Hamilton to break Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of most F1 titles. Six-time champion Hamilton is just one championship behind Schumacher, who won seven F1 titles during the course of his illustrious racing career.

Mansell, who won his only F1 championship in 1993, feels Hamilton has ‘capitalised’ on Mercedes coming up with incredible cars year after year, something which Schumacher did with Ferrari in the early 2000s.

“I don’t think there is any question (Hamilton will take the record). And that is not to belittle the talent Michael (Schumacher) had because when he was at Ferrari, Michael won three world championships with reliability alone,” Mansell said.