Lewis Hamilton hails 'unbelievable' Mercedes feat as he moves one win from drivers' title

“I’m forever, forever grateful to everyone to be a part of breaking a record like this. No team has done this before.

“But we have a great leader in our team and a big, big thank you to Mercedes and Petronas and all of our partners, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do without them.

“It’s unbelievable, to come back year on year – I tell you, while we have great performance, it’s not easy to deliver weekend in, weekend out.

“But everyone, they’re so precise with how they take the car apart and put it back together weekend in, weekend out.

“Seven time champs, that’s something I’m going to be able to tell my grandkids one day!”

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff added: “I’m not so much into numbers but this is something to be proud of. We have a group that is just amazing together.

“We’ve stayed together, we’ve tried to push the benchmark to new levels and we’ve achieved that. It is a super proud moment with all these guys and being part of it.