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Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

Lewis Hamilton needs a driver coach to stop him from going 'over-the-top' and harming his F1 title chances, former three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart argues.

“I'm in a unique position,” the McLaren-Mercedes ace affirmed. “Nobody has felt exactly the same things as I've felt. The only person I really take advice from is my dad.

“Whenever I speak to Damon or Jackie I do take what they say on-board, but I'm not going to go searching them out and ask how I can be world champion. I want to do it on my own. I got to where I am on my own, with my family.”

The Stevenage-born ace was also keen to downplay his alleged ‘war' with the media, ahead of arguably the most important date on his 2008 racing calendar – the British Grand Prix in front of his adoring home fans at Silverstone.

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“I'm not criticising you,” he stressed to reporters. “You guys have a job to do and so do I. That's why I'm always totally open with you. You know me, I don't bulls**t.

“You were very supportive last year; you help me get my message across; you help me shine as a normal person to the public.”

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