Four-time Indycar champion Dario Franchitti has praised Lewis Hamilton's determination to continue his outings in Formula 1 despite the pressure. Speaking exclusively to Express Sport during Formula E's Monaco ePrix weekend, the Scotsman said: "It's not difficult, but the hardest part would be to keep the motivation, and he seems to have that. You know, there was that time he was doing all these other things and people saying, oh - he's not focused, or whatever. "It doesn't seem to bother him, the way he gets to live his life, he gets results with what he's doing in his life, away from the track, at the track, so fair play to him. And as long as he wants to do it, why not? Why would you not. It's his decision to make ultimately, he's earned the right to decide when he steps away and what he does afterwards." Hamilton is looking to beat Michael Schumacher's record to become an eight-time world champion alongside Mercedes. Franchitti said the pressure to remain at his peak performance level will be huge. "I think the problem is, any of these sports, at the top level the pressure is pretty horrendous, time pressure - all that stuff," continued the 47-year-old. "It's a pleasure, and I think you realise it's a pleasure when you step away from it, but at the time you're just under constant pressure, constant scrutiny, all that stuff - and Lewis maybe more so than anybody." "But I would say that, with Indycar for me, there was a danger factor too with the oval, and that would always play on my decision when I decided if I was staying on for another year, also my decision was taken away from me by an accident, but for Lewis, I think when motivation and enjoyment goes, he will just go and do something else, have some fun I think. "I won four in a row, and motivation is, you know, and I was a bit older, what was I? 35? Hamilton's 36, so it can be difficult. It can, but every person is different, and Lewis is his own person. By the time I was about to stop, I could feel my motivation going away. He clearly doesn't lack motivation, he certainly doesn't lack speed and talent."
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