Hamilton says there are too many kids in the sport now

Double Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has hit out at the lack of gentlemen on a grid increasingly full of kids.

“There are too many kids in the sport now,” the reigning world champion told Sport Bild.

He is obviously referring to the trend for younger and younger race drivers, like 17-year-old Max Verstappen, as he contrasted the F1 today with the Sir Stirling Moss era.

“At that time, the drivers were real gentlemen,” Hamilton said. “Loyalty and friendship still played an important role.

“Today I think there are no gentlemen in Formula 1. Everyone thinks only of himself.”

But that is not all the 30-year-old Briton rues, “I miss the girls in the paddock. There are so many men in there now that it’s not even funny.”