Lewis Hamilton has revealed he does not know how F1 rivals balance the demands of racing with having a family, highlighting his preference to fully focus on the rigours of driving in Formula 1.<\/p>\n
The Ferrari driver explained he does not want to have any “regrets” or wish that he could have “given more” to his career.<\/p>\n
Although the 40-year-old has been publicly single for the past decade, he dated former Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger between his debut F1 season in 2007 and 2015.<\/p>\n
When asked about the difficulties of having a private life alongside his commitment to Formula 1, Hamilton explained his wonder at how the likes of Max Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg, both fathers, blend the two sides of their lives.<\/p>\n
“Yes, it’s very complicated, especially in today’s world,” the seven-time F1 drivers’ champion told RTBF.<\/p>\n
“I see other drivers and I wonder how they manage:\u00a0some have children, are married, have girlfriends.”<\/p>\n
Hamilton reflected on his own journey and the different path he charted, claiming he can look at other avenues when he retires from motorsport.<\/p>\n
“I went through that when I was in my twenties. I made a\u00a0different choice: I decided to maximise the time I have here [in F1] because it’s shorter than people think,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to have any regrets,\u00a0or think that I could have given more. For the last ten years, I’ve\u00a0focused on my performance.\u00a0And when I retire,\u00a0I’ll be able to do what I want.\u00a0I’ll be able to dedicate myself to other things without constraints.”<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tWinning with Ferrari<\/p>\n
Despite enduring a difficult start to life with Ferrari, the 105-time grand prix winner maintained that his immediate concern is returning the Scuderia to its former glory.<\/p>\n
“As long as I’m competing, I stay focused on\u00a0my health, my well-being,\u00a0my mental health and my driving technique. I want to be the best engineer I can be and the best team-mate, too,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“That’s my main goal: I want to win.<\/p>\n
“I’ve\u00a0been lucky enough to win with great teams in the past – with Mercedes, with McLaren,\u00a0it was incredible.\u00a0But my dream is to win a title with Ferrari. It hasn’t happened in a long time.<\/p>\n
“Ferrari has all the ingredients to win,\u00a0 you just have to put it all together. That’s what\u00a0I’m trying to do behind the scenes with Fred Vasseur and the team.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has revealed he does not know how F1 rivals balance the demands of racing with having…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3007,1687,3010,3008,3011,3009,831,372,6537,832,3006,3005,3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-31538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}