Lewis Hamilton has been crowned champion of the world for a record-equalling seventh time after he won a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix.

While those around him lost their cool, Hamilton delivered his best display of the season to claim his 10th win from 14 rounds and emulate Michael Schumacher’s all-time title haul with three rounds to spare.

Hamilton was running in fifth for much of an eventful race but used all of his experience to make his intermediate tyres last for 50 of the 58 laps to take the chequered flag a staggering 31.6 seconds clear of Sergio Perez, with Sebastian Vettel third and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc fourth.

Hamilton gave an indication of his determination to carry on racing and to drive change within the sport.

He said: “I feel like I am only just getting started. I feel physically in great shape.

“I would love to stay and I feel like we’ve got a lot of work to do, to hold ourselves accountable as a sport.

“To realise that, we have got to face and not ignore the human rights issues that are around the countries that we go to and how can we engage with those countries and help them and empower them to do more to really change. I want to help Formula One and Mercedes with that journey.”