Coulthard: "We should be celebrating Hamilton more" in Britain

13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard thinks that Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton should be celebrated more, as the Brit just won his fifth world championship and his fourth in five years.

Coulthard does concede that the personality and the character traits of Hamilton could be divisive among fans, but that shouldn't take away from his performances on track, which are undeniably great.

"There's no question he's an exceptional driver," the Scotsman told BBC Sport.

"He can be divisive but whether you like his personality or like his lifestyle, you have to recognise he is an iconic and successful British racing driver and we should be celebrating that more."

The former F1 driver thinks that the fact that Hamilton doesn't get celebrated as much isn't just about his divisive personality, but also about British culture in general, as he compares it to the way things go in the United States.

"I think we're quite shy about our success in the UK. If we look at America, they just had their World Series in baseball, it's a domestic championship but they talk about it like it's the world.

"We don't really celebrate how good we are across the board. We're good at what we do, not just in motorsport, and we need to shout about it more."