Agreeably, it's hardly the statistics of a seven-time world champion. The 37-year-old currently lies sixth in the Championship standings, with just two podiums, and is 34 points behind Mr Consistency himself, George Russell.
Hamilton finished third in Canada to register only his second podium in nine races this season
Because why do most resignations occur? When said person is no longer up to the standards of the job. But let's take that in its most literal sense. 'It's time for him to resign,' the 83-year-old said, terminology-check pending. Let's analyse Jackie Stewart's comments, bit-by-bit, because when you break it down, the proof is in the pudding. To think that in December, Hamilton was a lap away from becoming the Formula One GOAT and now, his future in the sport is a hot-topic week-in week-out. Start the car it only took three months and nine races for the retirement bandwagon to start chugging. OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND BECOMING THE GREATEST IS STILL WHAT DRIVES HAMILTON Hamilton still has the speed as shown by his podium in Montreal and he doesn't need to protect his legacy which is already cemented regardless of how long he continues.īut with nothing left to prove after a record-breaking career, his competition getting stronger and no certainties of another title challenge, Stewart might just have a point when he suggested this is the right time for Hamilton to call it a day. Instead of challenging for wins, the Brit has been getting battered and bruised in a bouncing Mercedes car which has struggled to get the best of the new regulations, as he and the rest of the team desperately try to close the gap to Ferrari and Red Bull.Īfter all he has accomplished, fighting around for best of the rest in a car which is challenging him physically like never before, is not something Hamilton needs to be doing.
The 37-year-old struggled severely with back pain after a bumpy race in Azerbaijan 'Everybody is different, but you need to be fair from the outside and say, look, is Lewis naturally going to be as fired up about finishing eighth as George probably is? No, and I would be surprised if he was.' He spent three years at Williams suffering to death at the rear of the field, scoring the odd point, and then suddenly he is eighth or 12th and life for him is amazing. 'Does it excite you to finish eighth, or 12th or 13th? No it doesn't, when you know you have been first so many times – and in Lewis' case more than any other guy. The Brit's drive is not the same as what it used to be, especially compared to some of his younger rivals and in a car competing for positions he's not used to.įour-time world champion Sebastian Vettel explained it best, when he told reporters earlier this month: 'When you get to know the sport in the way I have done, and Lewis has done, winning and being at the top is what you strive for. Hamilton meanwhile has accomplished more than he probably dreamt about, and won't be excited by competing in the midfield.
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Hamilton is still trying to overtake Michael Schumacher's seven World Championship titlesĪlonso, one of the most gifted drivers of his generation, has had a career unfulfilled after racing about in machinery below his supreme talents - winning two championships, when his speed deserved more.
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