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Lewis Hamilton: I've always wanted to emulate Ayrton

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton says that ever since childhood he's always wanted to emulate the achievements of Ayrton Senna, who won three Formula One World Championships.

The Briton, who is looking to become the first ever back-to-back British world champion said: 鈥淓ver since I was a kid I鈥檝e always wanted to do what Ayrton had done. I never really thought about anything else. From then on I thought I am going to work to that, and if I get anywhere near, that would be incredible.鈥

鈥淓ven though it鈥檚 my 9th year in Formula 1 I鈥檓 living the dream, I still have to pinch myself everyday.鈥

This clip is from 5 live Sport on 12 March 2015.

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