Lewis Hamilton: Formula 1 is a "hard year mentally"
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Lewis Hamilton is one of Formula 1's most successful drivers ever. But he's still had mental challenges throughout his career, and he lets us know what life really feels like to be a Formula 1 driver.
The British driver didn't get the same success towards the end of his spell at McLaren. Tough battles with Nico Rosberg in 2016 also put the now five-time world champion under a fair bit of stress.
David Letterman, a motorsport fan, brought Hamilton on to his Netflix show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction'. During Hamilton's episode, he takes Letterman for a drive, and they also discuss the highs and lows of being a Formula 1 driver.
"It's definitely not just nothing but fun. It's a hard, hard year mentally. You have these massive highs of these wins and success, then you have these massive comedowns," Hamilton said on the show.
"Keeping yourself together when you hit rock bottom, which you do as an athlete...if you're lucky you can find strength at rock bottom so it's about how you get up not how you fall."