“But [Hamilton is] also in my opinion – and this is very contentious indeed – better than either Schumacher or [Ayrton] Senna because both of them, Schumacher and Senna, adopted at various times in their career, highly debatable driving tactics,” said Walker.
“Like Schumacher stopping deliberately at Monaco to prevent [Fernando Alonso] getting pole position, like Schumacher colliding with [Jacques] Villeneuve at Jerez in 1997, like Senna with [Alain] Prost in 1990 in Japan.
“Lewis Hamilton has never been anything like that. He’s always driven as clean as a whistle. He’s an extremely nice, gigantically talented driver, and I don’t think we’ve ever seen anybody like him before.”
Hamilton will be back in action this weekend as F1 celebrates seven decades of racing with the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The six-time champion is top of the drivers’ standings, with 30 points separating him from second-place Valtteri Bottas after three races.
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