Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton also sometimes doubts himself. Hamilton made this confession after he had a very difficult season in which he did not achieve a victory for the second year in a row.
After his controversial defeat during the season finale in 2021, Lewis Hamilton no longer managed to win a race. For two seasons in a row, Mercedes and Hamilton failed to compete for the world title. Hamilton said he started to doubt himself.
“Ultimately, when you have such difficult seasons as we are having now, there are always moments when you think: ‘Is it me or is it the car? Do I still have it in me? Is it gone?’” Hamilton told ‘BBC Sport’.
“You miss that, you know, the magical moment, when everything comes together, you and the car, that’s really extraordinary. That’s what you’re looking for.”
“I’m only human, though. When someone tells you they don’t have such thoughts, they are in denial. We are all human.”