[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by joe payne

Nico and Hamilton had opposite lifestyles growing up. Hamilton had to struggle, while Nico is the son of a Formula 1 driver and grew up in Monaco. I always have to remind myself of that when I'm having ill feelings towards Hamilton. He deserves his success.

What struggle?

In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme