Lewis Hamilton has won the World Drivers Championship seven times now. This feat is incredibly impressive and is testament to the fact that he is one of the greatest drivers to have raced on a grid.

With every race win, we hear the same words from Hamilton over the radio. “I would like to thank the team. I have the best fans in the world. This one’s for you guys.” Quite often he also likes to add some corny message which is supposed to go out to all of his fans. Something along the lines of ‘you can do anything! Don’t let anybody tell you you can’t do what you want!’

He is repetitive victory messages almost acting like a self parody now. But there is another side to him which is quite apparent to F1 fans all over the world. One which we got to witness yesterday as well at one of the less fortunate races for Mercedes AMG F1 in the form of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The messages of hope, perseverance and hard work all go down the drain the day the race does not go in favour of Hamilton. His first instinct is always to blame the team and pretend like he was not outclassed on the track by another driver. It’s either his own team‘s fault or that of another driver which cost him his race. Very rarely do we see Hamilton owning up to a mistake.

Last year, Alex Albon of Redbull Racing had called Hamilton a sore loser after Hamilton crashed into him in race during an overtake and refused to admit his mistake. Even yesterday, Hamilton continued blaming the team and car for his lacklustre performance despite the fact that his teammate Valtteri Bottas was outperforming him. Bottas was on the road for pole position which meant that he would start the race at the front of the grid. Hamilton however could not come even close to the speed of his teammate.

He’s got the right words to say whenever he’s on top. It’s time he learnt how to deal with the bad days too.