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Lewis Hamilton finally bags a victory as F1 star wins council battle to chop down tree at £18million London mansion

, Lewis Hamilton finally bags a victory as F1 star wins council battle to chop down tree at £18million London mansion

SIR LEWIS HAMILTON has bagged his first victory of the new Formula One season – but it’s come off the race track.

The Stevenage speedster has won his long-running battle with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council to chop down a sugarplum tree on the grounds of his £18million mansion.

Sir Lewis Hamilton has been granted permission to chop down a tree at his plush Kensington home

Hamilton bought his mansion for £14million in December 2018
, Lewis Hamilton finally bags a victory as F1 star wins council battle to chop down tree at £18million London mansion
Burberry chief designer Christopher Bailey and financier Ben Goldsmith were former owners of the house

Residents kicked up a fuss over Hamilton’s plans to cut down the picturesque tree, insisting it would be “destroying nature”.

But the RBKC have ultimately ruled in favour of the seven-time world champion, who is now free to bring down the mammoth tree whenever he pleases.

Hamilton, 37, had previously been granted permission to trim a horse chestnut tree – which attracted poo-dropping pigeons.

The 2022 F1 season has so far not gone to plan for Sir Lewis, who is currently languishing in seventh place after the first four races.

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After finishing third in the season opener in Bahrain, Hamilton has turned in tenth, fourth and 13th place finishes in the Saudi, Australian and Emilia Romagna Grand Prixs.

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And the Brit believes a record-breaking eighth Driver’s Championship is beyond him this season.

He told Sky Sports: “A weekend to forget, that’s for sure.

“I’m out of the championship, for sure. There’s no question about that.

“But I’ll still keep working as hard as I can and try to pull it back together somehow.”

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff said of Hamilton’s last drive: “Really bad, he got squeezed by the Alpine, the other two cars undercut and then there is just no overtaking when you are in a DRS [drag reduction system] train.

“We saw with George where the car can drive if you’re in free air but we are not good enough for a world champion, not worthy for a world champion and we just need to fix the car.

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“We’re going to look at things for Miami, I think we can make a step in the understanding of the car and it’s another day.

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“We just need to really understand, creep up, bring development onto the car which will fix the bouncing.”

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