Hamilton praises Vettel: 'Amazing that he is working for a better world'

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is inspired by former rival Sebastian Vettel, who is at the Suzuka circuit to talk about the environment and what needs to be done to prevent possible catastrophes. The Briton is inspired by his words.

The seven-time world champion had nice words to say for friend and former colleague Sebastian Vettel during the press conference. The former world champion left his F1 driver's seat last year to spend more time with his family and work for a better, cleaner world. A mission Hamilton is only too happy to embrace. He is delighted that his buddy is back in Formula 1 for these causes.

"It's great to have Seb back this weekend. He sat down and told all the drivers of his plans. It was great to see that he's found his purpose. To be honest, in the history of the sport, I don't know any other driver that has ever been so outspoken. And showing real compassion for the world outside of this little world that we're living in. It's really great that he's utilising his platform."

Hamilton for better world

According to the Briton, we need to come together to make the world a bit better: "I always just hope that with the things that he's doing for example that he inspires the other drivers to do something, maybe in their own lane. But we all need to come together in this world to have a positive impact, to spread love, to spread compassion, and to raise awareness for a lot of the problems. And obviously, there are millions of problems that we need to address.

"Biodiversity is one for sure. He’s working with the bees here, raising awareness of that this weekend. I think it is a great way to spark a bit of interest and raise awareness for people to understand that we're all in this together and how important they are in terms of our ecosystem."