Lewis Hamilton: Retiring from F1 will be the saddest day ever
LEWIS HAMILTON says the day he decides to retire will be “the saddest day ever”.
Hamilton sealed his fourth world championship, a year on from losing out to then Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
But the German then shocked the world when he decided to quit Formula One.
At 32 and with the best car on the grid, Michael Schumacher’s record of seven titles is well within Hamilton’s grasp.
The Brit’s contract with Mercedes runs out at the end of next season but talks are expected to begin on a new deal soon.
Speaking to Channel 4, Hamilton opened up about his season and the years to come.
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Asked if he had had any thoughts about retirement, Hamilton said: "What I do know when the day does come that I stop, it is going to be the saddest day ever.
“It will be positive but it’s also going to be sad because to drive the Mercedes, I wish people could feel what I feel.
“Not only what I feel in it but to be able to tame it, to be able to stretch to places that people can’t and people that you race against can’t.
“It’s such a special experience that lasts for a split second but there is nothing else that will come close to it.”
