Interview With Lewis Hamilton
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Jun 30, 2008
McLaren
Question: What does it mean to a British driver to have a sell-out crowd for your home Grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton: “First of all, last year at Silverstone was my first Formula 1 Grand Prix and the amount of support I had was incredible. I hope there is even more people there this year to support me and to support David and Jenson as well. There really isn’t more of a satisfying feeling - knowing that you’re racing in your home country and knowing that you have the support of your country - it gives you a few extra tenths of a second, just with confidence, so I’m really thankful for the support I will hopefully be getting.
Question: Now, of all the races and Championships you’ve won, what would it mean to you winning the Santander British Grand Prix at Silverstone..
Lewis Hamilton: Winning the Santander British Grand Prix, I think would definitely be the highlight of my career. Winning a home grand prix, in front of your home crowd, knowing that there’s so many people watching...the sort of roar that I got from qualifying last year was incredible and making people happy, making the team happy, doing it in our own country would be an immense feeling.
Question: It’s the 60th anniversary of Silverstone this year - the first Grand Prix was there in 1948. Who were your hero drivers when you were growing up?
Lewis Hamilton: I wasn’t born until 1985 so for me, when I was growing up and when I first began watching Formula 1 it was Ayrton Senna, it was Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost. And these three guys were obviously right at the top aback then. Then Michael Schumacher started dominating and then obviously we got up to Kimi and I was a big fan of Kimi and a big fan of Fernando and here I am today racing those two drivers and occasionally beating them so when people say “you’re living your dream “ I don’t think that sentence suits anyone better than me.
