Lewis Hamilton’s father, Anthony, has defended his son’s driving style following much criticism lately.
The 2008-champion has been involved in several incidents in the past two races, most notably with Pastor Maldonado and Felipe Massa in Monaco, as well as his own teammate in Canada.
Whilst the debate has raged on as to whether or not the blame lies with Hamilon, Niki Lauda believes so, his father has defended his driving style, urging the 26-year-old not to change anything.
“The FIA didn’t agree with [Lauda], and really it’s a shame that somebody as experienced as Niki didn’t take time to actually wait for the FIA to make their judgement,” Anthony told Crash.net in response to Lauda’s comments which suggested Hamilton was ‘mad’ and could end up killing himself or someone else.
“At the end of the day, it’s motor racing and you’ve only got split-seconds to make decisions. For right or wrong, you make a decision and go with it.
“If we could all foresee the future, you’d do things differently, but personally I think Lewis needs to remain the person that he is, drive as he’s driving and it will all come good. It’s important everybody remains who they are. There is no point in trying to be someone you are not,” he added.
“He’s always driven like that, and he became F1 world champion with it. He will be like that for the rest of his career. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it at all.”
