Lewis Hamilton’s first-ever teammate in a single-seater racing series, Matthews Howson, recently spoke about what Hamilton was like when he was young and moving up the ranks to become an F1 driver. Hamilton and Howson were teammates in Formula Renault all the way back in 2001.
Speaking on the On Track Podcast recently, Howson initially explained how confident Lewis Hamilton was right from the get-go. However, he assured the podcast listeners that it was not in an arrogant or negative way. Howson praised the seven-time world champion for being compassionate and for how he genuinely cared about people around him.
He said:
Howson pointed out how people may have taken his confidence as arrogance. He added that the Briton was never overconfident about getting into F1:
Matthews Howson further explained how Lewis Hamilton’s confident personality right from an early age must have helped him in his long and successful career in Formula 1:
