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Hamilton wants to keep number 44 in 2015
2014 world champion Lewis Hamilton wants to keep his personal race number 44 next year rather than switch to number 1.
Traditionally, the reigning world champion in F1 wears the coveted number 1.
But a change early in 2014, mimicking the system in MotoGP, meant drivers were able to pick their own number between 2 and 99 to keep for the rest of their careers.
Having run the number 1 throughout the season, outgoing world champion Vettel will now revert to his chosen number 5 to take to Ferrari in 2015.
Mercedes' Hamilton has run 44, and even has the number tattooed behind his right ear.
"44 is my number," the Briton said this week, after securing his second career drivers' title...
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