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'I'd want to beat Senna'

Newly crowned F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he would never be happy with second place even against his childhood hero Ayrton Senna.

Lewis Hamilton's third World Championship title, which he won with victory in the US Grand Prix, matches Senna's record.

Hamilton's career aim had always been to match the achievements of the great Brazilian, who was killed in a crash in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He says it would have been an honour to race with Ayrton:

(Picture: Ayrton Senna, credit: Getty Images)

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