MONACO - Jackie Stewart expects it to be business as usual on track for Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix despite the Mercedes driver’s grief at the death of Formula One great Niki Lauda.
“Mind management is what I lived with, and I think it’s why I am alive today,” said the Scot, who this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of his first title. Lauda, the Mercedes non-executive chairman who won championships with Ferrari and McLaren in 1975, 1977 and 1984, died on Monday aged 70.The Austrian and Hamilton were close, with Lauda instrumental in the Briton’s move from McLaren to Mercedes in 2013. Hamilton has been excused his usual media duties until the weekend.
“To take that to it’s absolute limit, Lewis Hamilton is totally capable of doing that this weekend in qualifying and in the race.”