Hamilton pays tribute to Schumacher in new documentary

Lewis Hamilton has paid tribute to F1 legend Michael Schumacher in a new documentary called ‘Being Michael Schumacher’, set to air in Germany.

The end of this month marks a decade since Schumacher was seriously injured in a skiing accident.

After his retirement from Formula 1 in 2012, Lewis Hamilton was chosen as the driver to replace him at Mercedes – creating a legacy which is matched only by the German’s Ferrari glory days.

The two sadly never shared a podium together, with Hamilton’s penultimate lap crash at the European Grand Prix in 2012 gifting Schumacher his last podium in the sport.

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Hamilton: He won everything

“A full-out great racer,” Hamilton recalled about the Ferrari legend.

“He won the race when Ayrton died. [He was just] winning everything!”

His wife, Corinna, has been insistent on sustaining privacy throughout his recovery, with only certain members of the paddock being able to visit Michael.

That includes his former boss Jean Todt, whom he shared a close bond with as the two created an ever-lasting legacy in the sport at Ferrari.

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