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Esteban Ocon says Lewis Hamilton is “a very busy man aside from racing” and says his ability to switch “his focus from one thing to another” has “amazed” him.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has spent the 2019 season on the sidelines, after the Force India team was bought by Lawrence Stroll, to ultimately become Aston Martin.
During that season he has served as Mercedes’ reserve driver, and he explains he picked up certain habits from watching Lewis Hamilton in action.
“Lewis is a very busy man aside from racing,” the French driver said.
“That’s a difference compared to some drivers who are more focused on the racetrack. Seeing how he switched his focus from one thing to another… That kind of amazed me.
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“He was straight away on point back with his engineer after something completely different.
“He didn’t take 10 minutes to refocus and rework with his engineers because you don’t have time to do that, and he always had his paper boards with notes.
“He was always having notes not to forget things from one year to another or from one session to another and this is what I do as well now.
“I was not taking notes before then and now I have all my notes inside my phone,” Ocon concluded.
