Toto Wolff praises Lewis Hamiltons 'perfect attitude'

Toto Wolff has praised Lewis Hamilton and has compared him to legend of the sport, Michael Schumacher. 

The Mercedes team boss believes that Hamilton does not receive as much credit as he is due and will have to wait until he retires for people to realise how good he was. The Brit will attempt to win his sixth World Championship in 2019, which would leave him only one behind Schumacher. 

"Lewis, in my opinion, along with Michael, are the best we have ever seen," Wolff told The National.

"We're only going to realise when he retires one day. We tend to never acknowledge somebody's great performance while it happens.

"We are always full of the types of people who retire or die. But they are never saying 'This guy is really unbelievable, we're alive to witness an exceptional performer'. I think we should recognise that while we are still racing."

"The way he has developed as a human is exceptional," he said. "He's become a strong pillar of winning with the team, which is rather unusual for a driver; your driver is more complaining about the team than praising, and he praises.

"We have an environment of brutal honesty with each other. So, if things go wrong, we go into the meeting and we say: 'That was wrong, that was wrong, and that was wrong'. That has allowed us to perform better, and he has a perfect attitude."