Lewis Hamilton was “quite unhappy” at the start of his Formula 1 career.
The champion driver devoted his whole life to training and racing after started in Formula 1 back in 2007 which left “no space for anything else,” he said. He said he ended up feeling miserable despite all of his professional success, so he became determined to bring more balance to his life.
“When I first got into Formula 1, it was wake up, train, racing-racing-racing-racing, nothing else. There’s no space for anything else,” Hamilton said.
“But what I realized is that just working all the time doesn’t bring you happiness, and you need to find a balance in life. And I found out that I was actually quite unhappy,” he continued.
“There was so much missing, there was so much more to me. And it was crazy, because I was like: I’m in Formula 1, I reached my dream, and I’m where I always wanted to be, I’m on top, I’m fighting for the championship. But I was just not — it was not enjoyable.” Hamilton told GQ’s annual Creativity Issue.
“It’s almost like being in a snowglobe; that’s the racing world. And there’s so much more outside of it that you just don’t have time to explore,” he added.
