Lewis Hamilton spoke about how important it is to believe in his own strength and at the same time, if possible, not to clog the head with any nonsense like superstitions.
Lewis Hamilton: "Everything that happened in my life, I tried to imagine in advance, I dreamed about it and did everything to achieve the goals that I put in front of me. Of course, I really helped the beautiful people, I surrounded.
I represented my future, believed in my senses and thanks to this moved forward. Of course, if you return 10-15 years ago, then I could not think that everything would come true. It can be recalled about the episode when I approached Ron Dennis at the age of 12, I would have said that I want to speak for McLaren in the future. And in ten years I got a victory in the world championship!
When I was younger, I put concrete goals. First, you first had to get into the formula 1. Having achieved this, I thought: What would be the next goal? I became part of a team in which about a thousand people work, and it was necessary to decide how to develop further? This is a rather strange process: only your own successes are worried in youth, but gradually you begin to realize that success is achieved thanks to the efforts of many people.
By the way, in my youth I was superstitious. When I was 10 years old or 11, the brother gave me such an ordinary chestnut fruit, and he became my talisman. I put it in a pocket of a racing jumpsuit, but once I lost it, I don't even know how it could happen.
Then I had a happy lingerie, but somehow my mother was postponed, and it was a village, having decreased in sizes! And years before 17-18 I had a special ritual: I dressed in a row in a strictly defined order. First right sock, then left and so on - in general, I adhered to a special sequence.
I remember before the race in Germany, I sat in the car, left the start quite a bit, and then I realized that I was not tightened with a helmet strap. It comes out, I missed one of these steps, although I considered their consistency as an essential element, which depended on how I caught with my work. And I remember that a few seconds after the start fell into an accident.
After that, I told myself: "It's just funny!". It turns out, my head was busy with some kind of nonsense, and it was necessary to get rid of all this. Therefore, I now have no rituals or superstitions. I think we will create problems themselves, they affect us psychologically, but with the loads that we experience, it is necessary that your consciousness is free from all too much! "
Source: Formula 1 on F1news.ru