Many congratulations to LEWIS on his fifth World Championship. I was working with the late, great Aki Hintsa at McLaren 11 years ago when I was asked my opinion on LEWIS by the Daily Telegraph. Below is what I said.
Lewis Hamilton could be bigger than Beckham
By Rory Ross
Originally Printed in The Daily Telegraph.
“Andy Austin, head of the Dobson Lyle consultancy, runs a psychometric test, Personal DNA Profiling, which identifies the emotional, mental and cognitive thought processes common to high-achieving individuals. In 1990, he became involved with McLaren while working at the team’s former sponsors, textiles company Courtaulds.
He spent three fascinating years observing Ayrton Senna. “At the age of 22,” says Austin, “Lewis Hamilton appears to possess very similar personal and mental DNA to Ayrton, shared by very few sportsmen in the world today or indeed in the history of sport. “It is his uniqueness in mental processing, a rational calmness, a singleness of purpose and the ultimate desire to win that elevates him above others, and transforms this natural sportsman into what I consider to be potentially the greatest motor racing driver of all time.”