It’s lonely at the top, says Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton is bidding for a seventh world championship (Florent Gooden/AP).

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is battling loneliness in his pursuit of Michael Schumacher’s seven world titles.

The Mercedes driver remains on course to equal the great German’s record haul, heading into Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix 37 points clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the championship summit.