“All the indications are bordering on the sensational,”

“But the chances of him winning the title are very slim - we are yet to see how he handles things going wrong.”

“Lewis is fortunate to have a well-grounded team with a structure he probably wouldn’t have got anywhere else,”

“But if he needed to do what Schumacher did to Villeneuve or Hill, would he do that?

“You need to do that to win. Winning is in the mind, and you have to do it at all costs.

“Anyone who tells you different is either lying or hasn’t achieved what they’re capable of.

“There has to be a steely aspect that we haven’t seen, otherwise Hamilton will be swamped.

“He needs to have that arrogance otherwise he will not succeed. Does Alex Ferguson have it? Yes. Does Jose Mourinho? Yes.

“Winners generally are not nice people. They try to be, but they are immensely selfish, immensely arrogant and have a total belief in their own ability.

“Nothing else matters to them when they are at work.”

“For the first time in a long time, I’m excited by the start of races,” “I’m caught up in the whole Hamilton thing.

“He’s black, he’s attractive. Young female viewers are turning on to him because he’s rock ‘n’ roll.

“But be careful, because the media will build him up, and logic tells you it can’t continue.”