Anthony Hamilton: "Lewis runs and wins correctly" – Formula 1

Being the father of the second (for now) most successful driver in Formula 1 history doesn't always have to be easy. He also joked above, Anthony Hamilton, father of Lewis, in an interview given to Gazzetta dello Sport. "Our tennis challenges? The truth is that I let him win. Parents must do so, they must build their children's trust. However, now that I think about it, since now the championship has won I can finally beat it! ". In the United States, where he had already celebrated in 2015, Hamilton ‘junior’ reached his arithmetically sixth world title. Less one from the legend Michael Schumacher. But now Lewis's businesses are no longer surprising Anthony's father: "I'm happier than surprised – he admitted himself – because I've always believed in it. Everyone talks, Lewis makes results. He loves to compete, he loves to win, he loves his team. He has a great heart. You must have it to be a great champion. You can't be selfish ".

In his first year in F1, Hamilton was listed as the ‘first color pilot in the history of the sport’. It is now recognized as the best of his generation and perhaps even those of the past. But the path was not always easy: "I have always believed in his abilities. But the F1 was just a dream – said the father – let alone win six World Cups. When he was a kid we had a plan, but in my intentions it was a way of making it grow. To make him become a respectable man, so that one day he could have a good job ". Just "the man Lewis Hamilton" is what makes his father most proud, even more than the results on the track: "The fact that you are successful must not change the person you are. Lewis is the champion that is because he has his feet on the ground. Every time he returns to England he comes home, we have dinner together, we chat for two or three hours. And we laugh a lot. Lewis is unique. I like that it is appreciated in motorsport and I think it's because it does everything honestly. Why runs correctly. And wins correctly".

Tensions were not lacking between the two in the past, like when in 2010 Hamilton sent away his father, who up to that point also took care of his interests. Now fortunately the fracture is completely reconstructed. However, having to find a turning point in his son's career, Anthony Hamilton struggled to cite a single race, even among those Lewis boy races: "It doesn't have to work that way – has explained – things must be done year by year. If you win a race you have to say: "Okay let's see if we win again next Sunday.". Lewis was, and remained, hungry. The other kids wanted to do other games too, he didn't. I told him: "Don't waste your talent and your energy on other stupid things". And he had no problem not doing it ". The results are there for all to see.