"Do you feel sorry for someone who makes fifty million a year?"

Lewis Hamilton is not feeling well mentally, he announced on Instagram. From former Indycar driver Arie Luyendyk, the Brit received no compassion. The Dutchman believes that Hamilton is not having a hard time at all.

Hamilton indicated that he was having a hard time mentally and finding it difficult to stay positive with everything that is happening in the world at the moment. Hamilton wrote the text to give a boost to others who think like him. The fact that the seven-time world champion has now not been given a strong car by Mercedes after his defeat against Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi 2021 will probably also make it harder for him to stay positive.

Luyendijk has no pity

At the Ziggo Racecafé, Hamilton's performance this season is discussed, as well as his mental and emotional problems. Former F1 driver Robert Doornbos: "He wants to be champion every season, has to recharge every season, because everyone focuses on him. Of course that's just tough. I understand that" Luyendijk totally disagrees with Doornbos. Luyendijk: "I do not find that tough at all. Do you feel sorry for someone who earns fifty million dollars a year and drives the best car in the series? I don't feel sorry for that."

The others at the table rightly say that Hamilton is currently not driving the fastest car in the field. Hamilton is known to want to prepare himself better every winter for the season to come. According to the Brit, every title after the last one becomes harder and harder to win. The fact that Verstappen beat him in 2021 created a clear wound in the Briton, who seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth for several months. The past winter will probably not have helped him to see things more positively.