Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has opened up about his mental health struggles and suffers from loneliness on the tour. The six-time world champion posted an emotional message on his social media channels this week. He also said he is struggling during the pandemic, with the bubble system adopted amid sport's restart hard to cope with. "You get lonely, you miss your friends and family, and with back-to-back race weeks it means there's not much time for anything but work," he wrote. "So I'm grateful for the ones closest to me helping me to keep a balance, even if it's just thru [sic] text, phone or FaceTime. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it's never a bad thing to ask for help if you need it, or to tell somebody how you feel. Showing your vulnerable side doesn't make you weak, instead, I like to think of it as a chance to become stronger." The Mercedes driver has won five of the seven races since the sport returned with a rescheduled calendar after lockdown. "I think as competitors, it's not the first thing you think of doing, being open and expressing yourself," he told reporters during a video press conference. "But I think it's really important, more important than what's happening here."
Source: CNN