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Lewis Hamilton has spoken of the metal pressures of being a Formula One driver, saying that he tries to find the positives from the situations he finds himself in.
The Brit endured a difficult start to the season as Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg seemingly ran away with the championship, but he has recently closed the gap to just one point after winning four out of the last five races.
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"I remember some races, I wouldn’t leave my hotel room for three or four days – not speaking to anyone, not being on my phone," he said. "I was just trying to get myself out of this dark place I’d be in."
"Then somehow I’d pop out of it and turn it into a positive. You’ve got to look at the situation, you’ve got to try and find the positives from it and leave the negatives behind."
Speaking of this year's Spanish Grand Prix, where he collided with Rosberg, Hamilton hinted that there may have been more to the incident than meets the eye, and one day he would be willing to speak about it.
"I look at Barcelona for example this year, it was a massive low for me," he said. "There’s things that you won’t know until I retire that I’d tell you what I experienced."
"In terms of mentally, I love the challenge of the battle with myself. Only I know what’s going on in my head," he continued. "I just find my way, sometimes it takes longer to dig yourself out of something, it takes longer to understand. I never let anyone interfere with my mental process."
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