Button on Lewis Hamilton: Motivated by challenges but not Schumacher's record

Former Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button believes that Lewis Hamilton is motivated by different things instead of being motivated by trying to beat Michael Schumacher's record.  

Hamilton goes into the 2019 season with 5 world championships and will be looking to make it 6. However, Button believes that Hamilton won't have an eye on Schumacher's record because he will be motivated by new challenges.  

“Knowing Lewis it’s not about trying to better what Michael has done,” Button told Sky Sports as quoted by crash.net.

“I think when things are changing in F1 and there are new challenges, that’s what he loves. That’s what we all love in racing.

“It’s when the challenges stop that you decide that you are going to go and do something else.

“But with the way F1 is with the regulation changes and the drivers changing all the time, he’s going to want to keep going, which is fantastic for the sport.”

Hamiltons contract with Mercedes runs out in 2020 so it will be interesting to see if the British driver stays in the sport after that.