Hamilton: 'When you're young, all you're thinking about is winning'

Lewis Hamilton has been racing since a very young age. In his spare time the British driver frequently spoke out against abuses in motor sports and the world. In the coming years he hopes to pass this on to the young drivers.

The successful title fight between Hamilton and Verstappen is creating a lot of media attention for Formula 1, which only puts more pressure on talented drivers to perform. However, Hamilton says it is also important to be a role model and make yourself useful in the world in other ways.

In an interview with Sky Sports the number two of the world championship tells how difficult that is, pointing to Max Verstappen among others. "When you're young, all you're thinking about is winning," Hamilton states. "You don't have time for a lot of these other things. Well, you think you don't, but you actually do. And that's what we've got to get across."

Hamilton also tries to help drivers in other ways. "I'm speaking with Mick [Schumacher], whose such a lovely lad and he's saying things like, 'I don't know everything, is there any way you can educate me?' And same with Lando [Norris]. So I'm really proud of this next generation coming along, but we can still encourage them to be more invested and more understanding."