Lewis Hamilton can beat Michael Schumacher's Formula One records to become the most successful driver of all time, according to the German's old foe Jacques Villeneuve.
The passing years have not mellowed the outspoken Canadian's views on Schumacher, the man he beat to the 1997 world championship in controversial circumstances, and he has pulled no punches in claiming Hamilton is already a greater world champion.
"I would rate Lewis above Michael, by miles," Villeneuve told Reuters at the U.S. Grand Prix where Hamilton stands on the brink of joining the late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and Schumacher as the only men to win at least five world titles.