Defending champion Lewis Hamilton secured his third world title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he took victory in a roller-coaster, stop-start, wet-and-dry United States Grand Prix.

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Defending champion Lewis Hamilton secured his third world title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he took victory in a roller-coaster, stop-start, wet-and-dry United States Grand Prix. (All AFP photos)

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The 30-year-old Briton, who started from second on the grid, came home 2.850 seconds clear of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to deliver his 10th victory of a dominant season.

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Hamilton now has an unbeatable total of 327 points, moving him beyond the reach of both Rosberg, who finished second, and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, who came home third.

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But an emotional Hamilton owed his victory, in the end, to an unforced error by Rosberg on the 49th lap when he made a mistake and ran wide at Turn 15 as the pair duelled for the lead.

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Hamilton's success enabled him to equal the record of Jackie Stewart as the only Britons to win three drivers' world titles and the first to win two championships in succession.

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"It's the greatest moment of my life. Thank you all so much, I am so grateful to you all. And to my family I love you all," said Hamilton.

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Three-time champion Niki Lauda welcomed Lewis Hamilton to the exclusive club for triple title-winners on Sunday and forecast that the 30-year-old Briton will "get better and better."

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Interviewed on the podium by pop's very own 'rocket man', British pop singer Elton John, Hamilton sprayed the champagne with abandon while Rosberg looked shellshocked and barely reacted.

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"I'm very disappointed. Something like that (his late error) has never happened to me ever. Really tough to lose the lead and the win like that," Rosberg said.

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Sergio Perez finished fifth in his Force India.

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Lewis Hamilton Storms to Third World Title

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton secured his third world title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he took victory in a roller-coaster, stop-start, wet-and-dry United States Grand Prix.