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Hamilton: #44 means more than ‘irrelevant' #1
+ Lewis Hamilton says he opted to race with the #44 rather than the traditional #1 used by the defending champion because his personal number ‘means more’. Under the current rules a driver picks a number at the start of their F1 career and carries it throughout their time in Formula 1, rather than the previous system when race numbers were handed out in order of the previous constructors’ standings. Hamilton picked the #44 when the rules were changed ahead of the 2014 season, and raced the number to a second world championship, earning him the right to use the #1 this year. However, the Mercedes racer has opted to keep his personal race number in 2015, rather than use...
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