Lewis Hamilton must end wait equal to England's World Cup hoodoo to achieve Ferrari dream Every four years, England's men's football team begin a World Cup campaign dreaming of ending their long wait since 1966 for title glory.
Though many have tried, including Fernando Alonso - now 43 and still going strong with Aston Martin - the wait for an F1 race winner in their 40s has now gone on for more than 30 years.
Jack Brabham was 40 years, five months and two days old when he became world champion for the third and final time, in 1966.
And in order to achieve his Ferrari ambitions, Lewis Hamilton has just as many years of Formula 1 history in his way.
To prepare him as best as possible, Ferrari will give their new driver as much testing time as the rules allow.
