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No number one for Hamilton who wants to keep #44
Lewis Hamilton number 44
Newly crowned 2014 Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wants to keep his personal race number 44 next year rather than switch to the champion's number one plate which traditionally is used by a reigning world title holder.
But a change early in 2014, copying the system in MotoGP, meant drivers were able to pick their own number between 2 and 99 to keep for the rest of their careers.
Having run the number 1 throughout the season, outgoing world champion Vettel will now revert to his chosen number 5 to take to Ferrari in 2015.
Mercedes‘ Hamilton has run 44, and even has the number tattooed behind his right ear.
'44 is my number,' the Briton said this...
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