Damon Hill: “Hamilton risks being branded a loser”
Britain’s last World Champion, Damon Hill, has warned Lewis Hamilton about the risk of being branded as a ‘loser’, given the high expectations on him. Hill, who won the Championship in 1996 with Williams, was among the most enthusiastic admirers of Hamilton’s surprising rookie season last year, where the 23-year-old won four races and almost the Championship. However, Damon Hill told The Times: “Currently there’re high winning expectations on him and if something else happens he will be called a ‘loser’. The difficult part comes now, since in this game there is only one winner. But he knows that, Lewis is tough and I think he won’t disappoint us”.