Lewis Hamilton's Communication Skills | First Reaction & Analysis 

More Lewis??

You gotta check him out doing a regular paddock interview. Totally different vibe than this one which is quite literally going through a highlight reel of the best moments of his life. Hard to be humble when it’s literally just all his achievements. I have a lot of respect for him, he’s statistically the goat but has had a LOT of odds stacked against him in his career. The chip on his shoulder is always gonna be there being the only black man in this sport. Love Lewis! He also does this amazing motivational IG messages.

I feel like these kind of vanity style interviews always bring out the media trained side of people and it's hard to gauge what someone's really thinking just from that. If you're interested in more Lewis stuff there's a video from 2021 with him and his then teammate Valtteri Bottas interviewing each other - it's still an interview but I think when you have two people playing off of each other the end result comes across as a lot more natural (also you'd get to see how unintentionally hilarious Bottas is) There's also a good older video of Lewis and Sebastian Vettel being interviewed together at the 2015 Bahrain GP, talking about the parallels in their careers. They were both definitely more openly cocky back in the day, so it's cool to have that older footage as comparison. I think in general, maybe watching one of Vettel's interviews would also be interested since he is retiring this year and is also arguably the most charismatic person on the f1 grid today

I think that as a person, Lewis is very well spoken and good communicator. He's particular about what he says, which make it seem as though he is superficial or media trained. However, I think he's just aware of how his words can be used against him and that there is a large sum of people watching what he says, so he prefers to be more professional. If you look at videos where he's just having fun, hanging out with friends/family, he's a lot more personable and relaxed, as well as the post race interviews. Or the video where he talks about whether he would want his children to race in F1, he's a lot more vulnerable. I think if you dive into his childhood in motorsport and a lot of the racism he's experienced, it's expected that he's the type of person to seem more media trained and particular of what he says, in order to shield himself from public perception, whether or not it's negative or positive against him.

Thank you again for your interesting insights! A video with an F1 duo, specifically Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda, would be fun. They're very different people but their friendship is so wholesome, very sibling-like imo 😊

Hi Max, I met Lewis here in Brazil in 2017, and what you said is so real. When you talk to him, he looks you in the eye. I'm a fan, so I felt that what I was saying was important to him, I felt important!

Considering how hard he had to work for recognition in a field that does so much to exclude him, I think he deserves to brag. He also does a lot of work to bring others to the table with him, so I see it less as arrogance and more as making space.

I love that video of Lewis and his R/C cars kicking butt. He was a tiny kid then. Love it.

I found today your video of Max. Now im positively suprised you did one from Lewis as well. They are really different people. It’s cool you see the same things in both of them that i have seen

I am living for these F1 videos ☺️

although lewis loves talking abt his successes n larger than life experiences, he also helps a lot of kids n inspire them to always believe in their dreams n work hard to get it, just like lewis did. i mean if you think abt it, after all lewis hamilton is still the only black f1 driver ever coming from very humble beginnings instead of from the wealthier side like almost all f1 drivers due to the nature of the very expensive costs needed for a kid to break into the sport. n its that 1/10000+ odd person that managed to equal schumacher's 7 world titles. that is like tiger woods x 10 kind of probability which is just insane. if i were him, i would think very highly of myself everyday too but i really respect the fact that lewis still managed to spend time impacting millions of people around the world n get into a lot of areas like fashion n flying all around the world doing celebrity influencer stuff while at the same time winning 5 titles straight while other drivers do nothing other than keep training n enjoying their short vacation days with family n friends. n f1 is also very physically demanding sport. btw RICCIARDO PLEASE! i kind of like his personality but i also see that he might be trying to appear happier than he is in front of everyone. n you're the communication expert so i might be wrong

More Lewis please! See videos with Lewis and Seb or Valtteri, because Lewis is hilarious in a relaxed setting!

lewis is and always has been a class act. but you can tell he is jaded from all the negative spin whenever he says something even slighlty provocative so he got more guarded in press interviews as his career went along. but he seems to have found his voice again especially on stuff he is passionate about for the past 3 or 4 years

In my opinion, you should definitely do a Lewis analysis but from the pre / post race video just like Max. I think then he may be more "vulnerable"

You used casual interviews for Max and Charles, but a Vanity Fair promo thing for Lewis.... not really equal environments. And you need to hear Max when he's *in the car* (there are compilations).... *that* would be different. You're also not aware that these drivers have publicity handlers watching them 24/7, and have been coached on how to talk, speak for the team since they were kids. And that F1 used to be anti-public persona until a few years ago; now there is a lot of footage where they let their guard down.

I really admire this guy. He has done so much for the community

I think the 2 Lewis Hamilton videos on sky sports where he talks with a young boy would be pretty interesting

Dang this video just attracted all the Hamilton haters 😂😂maybe it’s because you did a max video first lol you can’t even put these 2 guys in a channel together anymore without fans being crazy, it’s not that deep guys😂

There's definitely a quality to Lewis that seems performative and curated, but you also get the sense that he needs to carry himself that way. He's the ambassador for the entirety of black representation in motorsport, and his social life erupted early in his career.

Lewis Hamilton has done an interview with josh and Ollie of Korean englishman. You should watch that

I do think an interview with Lewis during a race is very different. And he has learned by now how to conduct himself in a certain manner. The more media training they get, the less spontaneous they wil be, I feel. LJ

I have no idea what u guys in the comment section are talking about. Also I have seen a lot of his interviews and the only one thing that I have felt is , he is one of the few who is very kind and humble with immense charisma

Definitely agree with everything you said

Honestly there’s crazy amount of rivalry between Hamilton and Verstappen, especially with the fans. And honestly, how can it not, they are totally different from each other😂 A huge amount of Verstappens fans are dutch, who are generally a very humble and down to earth folk, which they love about Verstappen. He’s a no-nonsense kinda guy who seems to get neither nervous nor emotional about anthing. Hamilton on the other hand is a 7 times World Champion and has been at the top of the game with no one even close to him for YEARS. He has a lot of interests outside of F1 and i’m guessing, loves attention (which is not a bad thing! but apparently tends to rub people the wrong way). While Verstappen is in it purely for the racing and pretty much hates doing anything else, including interviews etc. Unfortunately that creates a lot of fights between the fans and they now hate each other and the other driver lol. I’m a Verstappen fan but you can’t deny the amazing things Hamilton has accomplished for himself

Charles Leclerc next please!

Could you possibly give F1 Driver Charles Leclerc a video? I would love to see you analyze him! Fantastic videos by the way! I'm loving them.

F1-fans found your channel: “So you have chosen toxicity”

I love your vids 👌

Should check out Kimi Raikkönen

I was already so impressed with your video on Max Verstappen, and now you just nailed Lewis as well. You’re good at this 😉. Other interesting f1 people: Toto Wolff and Christian Horner (the teambosses of Lewis and Max). They are PERSONALITIES. Great drivers to review: Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda.

Man, one I would love to see is Tony Kanaan. Tony has a wonderful history, his father passed away when he was a child, and on his death bed asked Tony to win Indy 500. I he has done it!

Please react to charles leclerc. I would recommend one interview that's called emotional q and a with charmed leclerc its a bit older but it really shows his personality and in my eyes he is just as nice as he was there now but you couldn't do anything wrong it doesn't matter because all of his interviews are just beautiful even though his recent ones are more sad or not as funny cause he had a chance to become world champion but it just wasn't meant to be this season

Hi Max! I love Lewis so much! Could you do a post race and pre race interview please? I find him to be so calm and focused. He also did an interview with Dave Letterman on Netflix.

I feel that lewis is a product of his rough childhood…probably he never got a chance to feel free and included wherever he went..in school , in races etc..and now with what he has achieved…he’s got an opportunity to be himself and speak exactly what he feels… I think somewhere lewis still has that fear of being excluded, there he kinda tries to gain all the attention so that he doesn’t end up being “some guy” on the f1 grid..and this is the exact reason why some people hate lewis…🧐🧐

Would love to see Daniel Riccardo next

Great analysis! 👍

I recommend Lewis' interview episodes with Graham Bensinger if you want a more in-depth look into his personality: ru-vid.com/group/PLW5qT4HIAd1bjCJi9FzIWKT9eINQGS0hk

Ok, now do Kimi Raikkonen, it will be hillarious. xD

It's not "achip on their shoulder".. It's the best marketing he could do.

I'd love for you to check out the James Corden and The 1975 interview, it's really funny how the frontman looks really comfortable and the rest of the guys look really shy

Would love to see you react to kimi raikkonen. It’d be really entertaining

F1 fans will call me a Lewis lover, but I think he has all the rights to not be so humble. He comes from a lower class (compared to all the rich kids in F1) and achieved more than most if not all (statistically the goat, and it's hard to argue with numbers) to the point where he is even a Sir. I'd be proud of that too. Also, yes, he is quite in the media, back in the day he even dated Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Sherzinger.

Interested to hear your take on the relationship between Oscar and Lando

I think anyone who likes Lewis, this video will further reinforce why they like him, but the ppl who already don’t like Lewis will have something else to point to and say, “see he’s not genuine”. In reality, this is a puff piece meant to flatter him and highlight his achievements. He’s supposed to be talking himself up, that’s the point. So the ppl who don’t like Lewis because they think he’s arrogant or a narcissist is gonna still say the same. But Lewis fans know he has a kind heart and he displays that by giving so much of his time and energy to charities and organizations all around the world. He always thanks his team and his fans EVERY SINGLE RACE. No other driver does that. It’s admirable. I think it’s a key component to his success since day 1 in F1. The team works hard for him and he repays them with wins. On Max, in terms of racing, I think they are actually more alike than many want to see or admit. Though their lives outside of F1 are different, inside F1, they approach their preparation very much the same. Level headed & confident with a willingness to push farther than most. That’s what I see.

omg it’d be so cool if you reacted to fernando alonso, he’s the GOAT!!!

With having chip on his shoulder and being ripped apart for breathing, ofcourse he will watch what he is saying. The unhealthy hate towards Lewis is what makes him crude sometimes. But make no mistake, he enjoys life outside of the track and with cameras away. Also he does alot of charity, he has helped alot of kids to get their education

Kimi Raikkonen!!!!

Should look at Lewis when not in a Vanity Fair piece with no interviewer. The others videos you have done are all drivers being interviewed with other people to communicate with. Lewis is an inspiring, down to earth guy given all he has accomplished. Just a strange format of video.

Kimi Raikkonen please!

Kimi! Kimi! Please have a look at Kimi 😃

ABSOLUTE CHIP ON THE SHOULDER Why are you so right 😂

please do Kimi next :D

Please do Kimi Raikonnen

I don't know if you are interested, but here is a funny video where Antonio Giovinazzi interviews Kimi Räikkönen: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JlD9lbWF5WQ.html

He didn't make eye contact in AD to wards Max

Can you analyze him from an interview in 2021? :)

Please check out the Debak show with Stray Kids. Eric Nam is the host and Bang Chan and Felix is guesting. I think it's a really good interview to watch from a communication standpoint and it's really funny! I would be very happy if you gave it a go☺

I've always wondered about the "you're never going to be good at anything", I grew up with kids of all races and all personalities, abilities and such, but I never once have talked to someone that can genuinely tell me that a teacher told them they wouldn't amount to anything. I've hated a lot of teachers, and there were definitely some that you could tell weren't there because they loved children and teaching, but they still all wanted us to succeed, because that's how they succeed. I don't doubt that Hamilton actually experienced that, but it makes me wonder about the culture where he grew up.

He's got that le bron vibe

Do Daniel Ricciardo next please!

Do Kimi Raikkonen

Can you react to Lee Know and His only Hyung?

More verstappen please

MORE LEWIS

Add Sebastian Vettel to your F1 driver list please!!

Sitting there in orange…. I’m sure he secretly loves Max….. but without kidding, I’m dutch and I love Max, but I also love Lewis, in general I’m a F1 fan! I truly love all the drivers, watching F1 from the early 80’s I’ve seen a lot.. thank you for giving this reactions to both Lewis and Max, hope both fans are watching this to get closer to one and each other, for the die hards, there is always controversie in F1, hope you all, like me, just enjoy the sport with all of the contenders and appreciate there efforts and achievements 🥰

Can you snalyse Pierre Gasly or Lando Norris?

Can you please react to" the vamps" i think that you will like them, and I want to know your opinion

You got it down pat when you said he carries a chip on his shoulder. He's talked in the past about racism and his father telling him from a young age that he has to be better than everyone because he's black and people want him to fail. If comes across in some of his interviews and racism that when things go wrong, his first instinct is that someone is out to get him, like his team are favoring his teammate over him, or a race director is punishing him more than other drivers. I think that chip is what motivates him to be one of the greatest.

So fun to see all people (uhg lewis fans) all mentioning that Lewis is so different in this interview style than in a race situation. I just have to disagree with that. Sure his vibe changes, but his personality and way of telling stories does not. The fact that you guys have to say 'he is so different in this interview' just proves the point more. Lewis changes his behaviour and is very aware of that. He owns the f1 mental games. He does. But it is a huge difference when you compare him to Max or Alonso. They both do not change, they behave the way they do in every interview. So we would never have to say a thing like 'he is so different in this interview, you should check him out in a race interview'. Which ultimately proves the point of Lewis his communicational behaviour...

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Pierre Gasly please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

It seems like Lewis is always reading a script. He's changed a lot through out the years but Max hasn't really changed. Ik Lewis is a lot older but since Max won his championship he still comes across the same in his interview's. Lewis isn't like anyone else on the grid.

im still waiting for dua lipaaa :(

Used to like him but he became too narcissistic and also a hypocrite. I still remember when he shamed his lil nephew for wearing a pink princess dress on social media, faced with backlash he suddenly became an LBTQ advocate.

What I can tell from your analysis, you really liked Max and Ham, eh not as much. Authenticity is universally liked I guess

He's not cocky, he's arrogant. Like a hasbeen who has nothing to say this year because he's been embarrassed.

great video !! i love lewis, he's so inspiring and he has done so much for this sport

Omg I just wrote a really long comment on Max Verstappen’s video about how I love Max’s personality and how pre ‘22 Lewis rubbed me the wrong way and all the points this guy, Max, is bringing up are all things I said. Damn it if I knew this video existed I probably would’ve left the comment here instead but oh well

Cocky 🤣 myyy Goddd

zeur hamilton😁

Max just won his second championship! It would be fun if you responded to his interview on the F1 channel: Max Verstappen Interview After His Second World Title Other drivers I would recommend are Lando Norris, George Russell (really curious what you think of him), Daniel Riccardo, Yuki Tsunoda to name a few lol. You could react to the whole grid basically lol

Wow? Really? You based your analysis on a video that he's in talking about different moment in his life by going through slides. How about analyzing something less scripted, like any of the millions of video out there from races he had done? I absolutely love the one you did for Max V...spot on and bases on responses in an interview after racing. Please don't get into the stupidity of the hating game by fueling it further. Both of these men deserve better than that for what they've accomplished so far and what they'll do in the future.

Fernando Alonso would be interesting.

I actually think you got to the core of Lewis’s personality really well even if that video perhaps isn’t the best example. (Though I think it says something about the kind of person he is to agree to make such a video in the first place) Especially the part about him being rather controversial. He straddles that line between cocky and confident. I’ve always been a bit mixed on him because he seems like a good guy but rarely seems genuine. Seems like he’s reading off of a script more often than not. Opposed to someone like Max or a really extreme example Lance Stroll who both may not give an extremely detailed answer when asked but their response doesn’t seem manufactured. It’s like you said, when you hear him speak it leads to putting a bit of a guard up and not really connecting to him.

Lewis is the nicest driver in F1

LH is very eloquent & a charismatic communicator. Yet he has outbursts on the radio that show he isn't as composed as he seems. Also he appears to have found no peace through what he has already achieved. He has 7 championships & has broken almost every F1 record, yet he acts as if he's only defined by his last outcome.

I just want to say upfront and honestly that I'm Dutch and I'm a Max fan. However, I had a few years where I was a Merc fan as well and a Lewis fan at that. However, there's just certain double-standards and kind of hypocritical contradictions that have come from the guy that have really, REALLY turned me against him. I don't at all support the full on hate against him, however there is also a lot of respect that I personally have lost for him. Which is a shame, because it would have been so fun to watch the battle between him and Max as two drivers that I really love and respect. I do genuinely think there's a cockiness to him, a little too much at certain points. And there have been times where Lewis has turned the general topic and issue of racism, around to be specifically and purely about him and I really, really dislike that myself. However, seeing this reaction and analysis of him has been kind of refreshing as well. It hasn't changed my opinion that much, but at least a little and there are some genuine moments in there where I do think he's being honest. The biggest thing like I said that bothers me about him, that you don't really get in this actually, is the fact that he's contradicted himself on SO many occasions and SO heavily as well. Like rules that he strongly feels like others should uphold, he then doesn't uphold himself. Standards that he sets for all other drivers and teams around him, he doesn't uphold to himself and his team. And the amount of friends/teammates that he has truly pissed off beyond belief and gotten them to hate him, not just for his talent as he claims himself, but because of his behavior and attitude does still say something, I feel like. I mean, Nico Rosberg and him were really close friends, and Nico to this day doesn't really want anything at all to do with Lewis. A big part of why Nico retired from F1 was so he didn't have to race and deal with Lewis anymore.

What I have noticed about Lewis is that the way he communicates, and what he's saying/projecting into the world is too often not in line with the way he acts. When I hear him talk, and see the way he carries himself, I'm very drawn to him. Then I notice him being manipulative, dishonest and calculating and my narcissism bells go off. But you have to look closely at his behavior. I have experience with high performing narcissists, and I wonder whether I'm projecting or hitting the nail on the head.

This, in my opinion, is a biassed analysis. You're being a little disingenuous if you criticise him for drawing attention to himself. He's literally being interviewed about his life-changing experiences and accomplishments. And the chip on his shoulder has a good reason. It was difficult for him to grow up as a black boy in a sport dominated by middle-class white men. Minorities recognise how difficult this is.

He’s very media trained

I’m a Dutch Verstappen fan but I don’t hate Lewis. I think he can be very smug and slick but that is also a defense mechanism. Which I understand. But I think he is constantly propagating him against the world, also has something to do with racism and polarization. He needs to stop that!

Lewis Hamilton has the exact opposite personality of Max Verstappen.

You nailed this! You can’t question his intentions, but the self-promotion in every story is too much; let the story demonstrate and let the listener determine your character. It’s understandable that he has a chip on his shoulder; does this make him quick to blame outside forces for every less than perfect outcome?

Lewis has achieved a lot and he wants everyone to know that he has achieved a lot. It's like he's playing a role in front of everyone. He likes to stand out and he does everything to keep getting attention, that’s my opinion. Because of this he is not always found sympathetic

“Chip on his shoulder” - amen! He’s fake. End of.

The "kid from a very wealthy background". That is Nico, right? "The same Nico Rosberg who beat Lewis Hamilton, 7 Time WDC in the same machinery?"

Who did Sir Lewis Hamilton try to punch a few years ago... oh that was humble Max V.... Also, I find it interesting that his behavior mimics someone else close to him. Apple does not fall to far from the tree. However, your review of Max being humble... I have friend who teaches Psychology at a Major University and he would disagree with your analysis about Max, which makes me wonder, what does it take to be a communications coach???

Hamilton is king in making himself the victim of his succes.

So many Lewis haters in the comment section. He is living in your head rent-free.