Zitat des Tages von Lewis Hamilton:
When you're driving on a normal track, you can see the braking point from 500 m. away.
Lots of other drivers like cycling, but I'm not so keen. I have some really cool bikes, but I'm just not in love with it like Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.
Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me.
I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.
A couple of my mechanics have become vegan because I've done it. One of my barbers, too.
When I'm driving, the fewer distractions there are, the better it is to focus on the job in hand.
When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.
I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.
I think every single win, every single pole has felt new and different in its own way. I've not got bored of it.
It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span.
F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can.
Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.
I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds - you come out the other side, and it just makes you tougher.
It's important for everyone to stand up for what they believe in.
I am a motorbike fanatic - always have been. It's actually what I wanted to do before I got into motor racing.
I really like to play to squash, because it's competitive, and I like basketball. I'm friends with a guy in L.A. called Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the L.A. Lakers NBA team. We play together sometimes.
I think it's a shame that people are so quick to put you in a box; sometimes it's as if you do one thing, and that's all you're allowed to do.
People need to remember that I am the first black driver in F1, so I am obviously going to be different to past drivers.
I don't think you can fully call yourself a vegan if you wear leathers.
When I was a kid, I used to play a game called 'Grand Prix Two.' Interlagos was always the first race of the season on that, and I never really got much past the second race. I would always restart the season, so I always seemed to be doing Interlagos - it was a real pain!
My daily breakfast is two poached eggs in the morning with half an avocado, and I get to have half a piece of toast.
I started playing guitar when I was 13. I'd written a few songs on the guitar over some time. I'd written a book of poetry, and I got a book of lyrics that I had when I was a kid.
I think my style is definitely urban chic. I love mixing street style with the high-end luxury brands, like Gucci, for example. Quite fun.
When you get out of the car after the feeling that you have after leading the race, and the car fails, it's pretty hard to say positive things all the time.
Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary.
I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it.
I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to Formula One not always knowing what I was saying, saying things that mean one thing but people were taking the other way and then people don't forget.
I train to quite an intense level because Formula 1 is so physical - the G-forces, the demands on your body. Your heart rate is 150, 160 through the whole race. On qualifying lap, your heart rate can be up to 180, 190, under tough conditions.
I love my ink. They all have a meaning. I'm very strong in my faith, so I wanted to have some religious images. I've got Pieta, a Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after he came off the cross, on my shoulder. A sacred heart on my arm. Musical notes because I love music. The compass on my chest is there because church is my compass.
If I'd won every single race and got pole everywhere, that would just be boring. It would suck. Where's the fun in that?
Fashion is a growing love that probably started when I got into my 20s.
You save most fuel by lifting and coasting in the heavy braking zones at the end of long straights into slow corners.
I certainly lead a different life from many people. I have a great life that I am thankful for, and I like travelling.
I genuinely have always had support from all of my team. I have never had any complaints from them.
As a driver, you've always got to believe in your heart that you've got what it takes to win it. You've always got to believe in yourself. You've always got to arrive on the day and believe it can happen. You've always got to believe in the positives.
I'm happy to race against anyone.
