Elaine Arnull

Jock Clear sharing a Hamilton / Rosberg anecdote to speak on Lewis' self belief, and comparing it to Michael Schumacher : "Michael once confided that he didn’t believe he could drive a race car faster than Mika Häkkinen – and so therefore he needed to work extra hard behind the scenes to ensure he had every advantage possible over him. Lewis, on the other hand, more than any other driver I’ve known, has 100 per cent belief in his ability as the best, the fastest, and when things go wrong he returns to that belief – it’s his balancing point. You never, ever, need to build his confidence back up; it never wavers. Sometimes he’d say after a practice session in which he was fastest, “What’s wrong? Why are we not faster?” and I’d point out that he was fastest. And he’d reply, “Yes, but we’re only a tenth ahead of Nico [Rosberg].” He believed he was more than a tenth faster than Nico as a driver – so if he was only beating him by that much, something was wrong." Jock Clear is currently at Scuderia Ferrari, which Lewis joins in 2025. #F1