I agree. I have been a McLaren and Williams fan since I started watching F1. Would love to see them bring the fight to Mercedes- Ferrari meh. I'm not a huge Lewis fan but don't hate him like others do- I have an autographed hat I got from him at Indy in '08, but I am impressed by his consistency high level of performance for years now. And am actually looking forward to seeing if he can break Schumacher's record, but with a fight!
I, too, want him to break it. However, if Merc keeps this pace into 2020, there probably won't be much of a fight. Even if Hamilton has 80% of this season in 2020, he should easily be the F1 driver with the most wins by this time next year.
I really disliked him for a while, but I realized most of that was just petty frustration that my favorite drivers weren't winning. There were millions of F1 fans just like that in 2000-2004, and look at how everyone regards Schumacher now. Like him or not, Hamilton's the real deal and he has been since his McLaren days. He's got the juice.