Lewis Hamilton will land a MAMMOTH bonus if he wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and subsequently his eighth World Championship on Sunday.
Hamilton is going head-to-head with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen in a winner-takes-all shootout on Sunday afternoon.
The pair are level on points heading into the final race of the season, with Hamilton having won FOUR consecutive races to close the deficit on the Dutchman.
The main motivation for Hamilton to win the race will be to break Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Formula 1 Driver’s Championship wins – but there’ll be an added sweetener.
According to The Sun, in addition to the British racing driver’s £40m-a-year salary, he’ll land a £4m bonus if he scores a result on Sunday that sees him win the World Championship.
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There’s SO much riding on this race from Hamilton’s perspective, but he’s been here before and he’s such an unflappable character that you struggle to imagine it getting to him.
As for Verstappen, he’s in unchartered waters. Can he handle the pressure and the expectation when the drivers take to the track on Sunday? We’ll have to wait and see…
