Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday his campaigning for equal rights and diversity made him more proud than an imminent seventh Formula One world ...
Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday his campaigning for equal rights and diversity made him more proud than an imminent seventh Formula One world championship.
The 35-year-old Mercedes driver will match Ferrari great Michael Schumacher's record seven at this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix if team mate Valtteri Bottas fails to beat him by eight points."Winning a world championship is very much a personal thing... and that doesn’t necessarily impact people’s lives," he told reporters at the Istanbul Park circuit.
Hamilton said he would still be"incredibly proud" to pull level with"an icon like Michael" and seven was way beyond his wildest dreams, but numbers and titles maybe meant more to those on the outside.Advertisement Hamilton said he hoped also to send a message, mostly to children, that"you have to dream bigger than you think you can dream and don’t let anyone tell you you can’t go for that."