For the sake of this argument I’m gonna list here a few things that make Lewis a great champion that have nothing to do with driving all together:

• He grew up racing in a hostile environment and experienced racism and succeeded anyway

• He was willing sacrifice his relationship with Nico, who used to be his close friend, over the championship.

• He had the confidence to jump ship to an unproven team when he saw a future with them, he made that choice all by himself and dealt with the criticism.

• He was willing to cut off ties with his dad, who was his manager and coach, to take control of his own career and was able to reconcile with him later.

I don’t want to say that what I mentioned are signs of a champion or that they were all necessarily great things, but it shows the commitment, resilience, conviction and dedication Lewis has. This alone makes him one of the greats.