Former team boss Eddie Jordan has hailed Lewis Hamilton’s impact that the seven-time world champion has had on motorsport, claiming that “no one can inspire and drag like him”.
Following a two-year hiatus, Lewis Hamilton re-established himself as a Formula One race winner at Silverstone two weeks ago. The seven-time world champion, who now has a total of 104 F1 race victories, last won at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix before his ninth Silverstone triumph.
The Briton ended a 56-race wait for a victory at the British Grand Prix. After his emotional win at Silverstone, Hamilton admitted to having doubts about whether he would be able to win again.
Despite his decade-long run of success with Mercedes, Hamilton is about to kick off the last stint of his career with the German marque. Having announced his shock departure from Mercedes in February, the 104-time F1 race winner is set to join Ferrari next year.
Expanding on Hamilton’s impact in Formula One, Jordan said: “Hamilton has conveyed joy and interest in motorsport and F1 in particular to the general public.”
“He is an inspirer and a driver and the proof is the duels he had on the track with Lando Norris and George Russell also waiting to welcome Oliver Bearman in F1.
“I believe Hamilton conveyed to these young drivers the awareness that they can succeed more than anyone else and it was special what happened at Silverstone.
Reflecting on Hamilton’s last win on home turf at Silverstone, Jordan said: “It may have seemed easy what these champions did, but I guarantee you that the race was very difficult, epic, it took very little to make a fatal mistake.”
“At the end of the race, then, it was exciting to see Hamilton running to the stands. The whole racetrack has taken life. Stratospheric,” concluded Jordan.
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