Lewis Hamilton says he doesn’t trust he will remain in Formula 1 sufficiently long to beat Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles. Hamilton won his fourth title this year to move inside one of Juan Manuel Fangio, yet said he was not spurred by outperforming Schumacher.
The Mercedes driver said: “I can’t see it at the moment. Four more. It has taken me 10 years to achieve this four.
“I don’t have that desire to match it. Matching Fangio could be quite cool.”
“Being that I am going to be here for at least another couple of years, that is my goal to try and at least get that,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton said: “When I am older and look back, I don’t think the amount of titles I have is going to define what I am as a driver or who I am.
“How I work with the team, how I drive the car, every time I drive the car and extract it from the car – that’s what I feel inside defines me.
“When I was young I thought I would have a family at 28. When I got to 28 it all shifted. But it is difficult to say never.
“Maybe in a couple of years ‘ time I will be saying: ‘I am going to go another 10 years.’ I really hope that’s not the case because I’ll be with you guys until you are in Zimmer frames.”
