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Hamilton learned to stop ‘torturing' himself over defeats

World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he was “way too hard on myself” during the early stages of his Formula 1 career, believing with hindsight that it was an unhealthy approach. Hamilton has taken six world titles and 84 wins, second only in both record tables to Michael Schumacher, but let slip a sizeable points lead during his rookie campaign in 2007. Hamilton, speaking as part of the Hewlett Packard Performance Under Pressure series alongside World Champion gymnast Simone Biles and NBA title-winning coach and player Steve Kerr, said he struggled to deal with setbacks in the early stages of his top-level career. “I lost the world championship pretty much in China [in 2007] and oh god...
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