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WATCH: Turkish TV commentator gets very excited by Hamilton's 7th title

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The Turkish Grand Prix was not even supposed to be on the Formula 1 calendar this year until the Covid-19 pandemic changed everything and forced F1 chiefs to pull together a revised schedule at very short notice.

As a result, Istanbul Park was back for the first time since 2011 – and the circuit has now gone down in history as the track where Lewis Hamilton sealed his seventh world championship title, to equal the great Michael Schumacher.

READ MORE: Hamilton admits ‘I lost control of my emotions’ on in-lap after claiming 7th crown

It was a sensational achievement – and it seems there was no one more excited than the Turkish TV commentator Serhan Acar of the S Sport channel, as you can hear in the video above.

You don't need to understand Turkish to tell how thrilling he found the whole thing – and his excitement levels went up another notch when he witnessed the Sergio Perez/Charles Leclerc/Sebastian Vettel scrap for second and third on the last few corners...

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