“I remember on the first days that I got to work with Brad, we were at Silverstone… We actually did a bit of a track day together in LA. And I got to drive and he drove and straight away I already knew that you could sense he already kind of knew where the lines were,” Hamilton explained.
“He had a bit of a feel for it already, so it wasn’t completely alien.
“You know, I worked as a driver coach when I was a kid just to make a bit of money on the side whilst I was racing and I had some pretty bad drivers along the way who just didn’t know where they were on track and so straight away you could see he had a concept of what it is, a driving line.
“And I didn’t actually get to drive on track with Damson, but they both went through training. They were both super open-minded and really deep-dived into what it takes to be a racing driver, which was really cool to see. And I think through that process, it was amazing to speak to Brad, to see his shock.