Lewis Hamilton speaks on F1 in U.S., 2016 season with Time magazine
Three-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton is featured in the upcoming issue of Time magazine.
While the 31-year-old lost out on the title fight against his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in 2016, the British racing driver still made headlines with 10 wins during the season as well as making appearances in the new “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” game and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Additionally, Hamilton’s star power was also able to bring along celebrities such as Venus Williams and Justin Bieber along to races during the 2016 season.
Time magazine’s article on Hamilton takes a look at his history in motorsport as well as what he has to offer in 2017.
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Straight from the get-go, the article notes that Hamilton’s goals for the upcoming season are to win his fourth title as well as help build the popularity of the sport in America.
It adds that the latter part of this challenge will particularly be tough, due to popularity of domestic sports in the United States, but also notes that that could be getting set to change given the recent purchase of the sport by the U.S.-based conglomerate Liberty Media.
“The way Formula One is run is not good enough at the moment,” Hamilton says. “The Super Bowl, the events Americans do, the show they put on is so much, so much better. So if you were to mix in a little bit of that template through there, I think we’d be more inviting to the fans.”
Additionally, Hamilton wasn’t afraid to open up on his feelings after losing out on the 2016 title to Rosberg.
“It’s been quite a painful couple of weeks,” Hamilton told Time magazine. “This is really a time of year when you’re turning, trying to leave the negative behind and take the positive forward. But of course, it will build. The yearning for next year will build.
“The team’s job is to provide both drivers with equal opportunity,” Hamilton adds, reflecting on the finale in Abu Dhabi. “And unfortunately, I didn’t have equal opportunity, because I had failures on our side of the garage. The other side didn’t. So that puts more stress on the importance of myself sucking every ounce of opportunity. At the end, that’s all I could have done. I didn’t do anything dangerous. I didn’t put anyone in harm’s way. I’d do it again. You’re out there to fight.
“I’m in a good head space. I have a process that I need to take into next year. When I lost the championship, the motivation to want to take it back next year became twofold. I now have twice the desire.”
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