New rules, new hope? Why Lewis Hamilton’s 2026 season is F1 legend’s final roll of the dice

A radical regulation shake-up has reinvigorated 41-year-old Hamilton, so lost after a terrible 2025 with Ferrari. Yet ahead of race one in Australia on Sunday, Kieran Jackson explains why these next few months will define the final chapter in the story of Britain’s greatest-ever racing driver


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