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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have been there, seen it, done it, won it - so we asked them for verdicts on their likely successor, Lewis Hamilton, the next Briton poised on the brink of fan-crazed F1 superstardom

Autosport Magazine May 9, 2007, 2:43 PM

Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have been there, seen it, done it, won it - so we asked them for verdicts on their likely successor, Lewis Hamilton, the next Briton poised on the brink of fan-crazed F1 superstardom

It's not easy to become a man of the people. Many willingly put themselves forward, only to be dismissed by a fickle public. Often, it's the reluctant or the ordinary who find themselves raised onto a pedestal. Some blossom in their new position, others shrink and wilt, overcome by the attention.

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