Hamilton titles bringing "inner peace" with Mercedes woe
Hamilton titles bringing "inner peace" with Mercedes woe
David Coulthard feels Lewis Hamilton has found "inner peace" with Mercedes' woe this season given his years of success in F1.
The introduction of a new aerodynamic era has found Mercedes wanting, leaving seven-time champion Hamilton 58 points adrift of title leader Charles Leclerc after just four races going into this weekend's inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
Across the last race weekend in Imola, both Hamilton and team principal Toto Wolff wrote off Mercedes' championship hopes for this year given the lack of performance from the W13 and the difficulties in finding a cure for its aggravated porpoising.
Coulthard, a 13-time race winner in F1, can recognise that as drivers are "selfish individuals and notoriously impatient", such a situation would be irritating for many.
With regard to Hamilton, however, speaking to GPFans, he said: "I never operated at Lewis' level but I always wanted more.
"Whatever the team would bring, if you had to juggle chainsaws and sing the national anthem backwards, if that gave you a tenth [of a second] then you would learn how to do it.
"With Lewis, he has inner peace. He has had all that success, so that is enabling him to, not enjoy what is happening right now, but work with the team in trying to solve it."
Referring to Hamilton's team-mate George Russell, Coulthard added: "He's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
"This is his big opportunity and that youthful energy will carry him through the next year or so as Mercedes make their comeback.
"They will be back but it's a question of 'Will it be this year?'"
Hamilton Brady golf event 'okay to go off script'
On Wednesday, as part of the build-up to the Miami GP, Hamilton took part in a golf challenge with American football legend and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady to raise money for under-privileged children in Miami.
With Coulthard working as one of the presenters, he feels the event should serve as a template for many team sponsors and partners on how to engage and get more out of their drivers.
"There was a planned running order but it went completely out of the window," said Coulthard, as Brady and Hamilton went beyond the number of initially planned attempts during the course of the challenge. "Once you get legends of sports like that together, one, they're competitive, and two, it's an event like no other because they want to be together with their peers from a different sport.
"That's a message to us all because you force someone like Lewis to go to an event and do something, he'll be reserved and get through it because that's not his main focus.
"When you bring Lewis to an event like this, that's Lewis in a happy place, Tom in a happy place, so why don't more of the partners do events like this that bring celebrities from different sports together?
"You don't need a script because they have personality. It's obviously not a small event, it was a big event to put on, but you get something interesting out of it and it was a big success."
Related
Change your timezone:
Latest News
Ferrari announce DRASTIC change as Verstappen issues dire warning to bosses - GPFans F1 Recap
- 2 hours ago
Hamilton sends strong message over Gaza deaths
- Yesterday 22:57
F1 giants announce name change with IMMEDIATE effect
- Yesterday 21:57
Horner admits Red Bull at MAJOR disadvantage with new rules
- Yesterday 20:57
Horner reveals 'unhuman' Verstappen secret
- Yesterday 19:57
Sainz manager speaks out on 'game playing' over contract
- Yesterday 18:57
Related news
Hamilton sends strong message over Gaza deaths
Former F1 chief hits out at Hamilton 'EXCUSES'
Hamilton struggles pinned on Mercedes by team's OWN driver
Cocky sporting legend CHALLENGES Hamilton in stunning claim
F1 Standings
Drivers
- Oliver Bearman
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- Pierre Gasly
- Esteban Ocon
- Sergio Pérez
- Max Verstappen
- Alexander Albon
- Logan Sargeant
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Kevin Magnussen
- Fernando Alonso
- Lance Stroll
- Valtteri Bottas
- Zhou Guanyu
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Yuki Tsunoda
Races
- Gulf Air Grand Prix of Bahrain 2024
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Australia 2024
- MSC Cruises Grand Prix of Japan 2024
- Grand Prix of China 2024
- Miami Grand Prix 2024
- Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2024
- Grand Prix of Monaco 2024
- Grand Prix du Canada 2024
- Gran Premio de España 2024
- Grand Prix of Austria 2024
- Grand Prix of Great Britain 2024
- Grand Prix of Hungary 2024
- Grand Prix of Belgium 2024
- Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Italy 2024
- Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 2024
- Grand Prix of Singapore 2024
- Grand Prix of the United States 2024
- Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico 2024
- Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2024
- Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024
- Qatar Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 2024
About GPFans
GPFans is a multi-platform, multi-language brand dedicated to Formula One coverage. We bring you all the ins and outs of the sport, 24/7, everything from up-to-the-minute news and features to the latest viral stories and clips.We believe that a new generation of exciting, outspoken drivers will make F1 more popular than ever before, and we want to give our users access to as much of their heroes as possible, on and off the track. From Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo to Sebastian Vettel, we provide in-depth analysis of every every Grand Prix in the season, from Australia to Abu Dhabi.
With Formula One under the new ownership of Liberty Media, how the sport is being covered is evolving, and GPFans will look to be at the heart of this progression into new media, as one of the fastest-growing sites covering the king of motorsports.
Follow us on your favorite social media channel
Corporate & Media
Innovatieweg 20C7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31645516860