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Motor racing: Lewis Hamilton opens up about difficult days and loneliness

Formula One F1 - Spanish Grand Prix - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - August 16, 2020. Winner Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after the race. [Pool via REUTERS/Albert Gea]

Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton spoke on Thursday of loneliness and the “difficult days” of racing in a COVID-19 bubble, but said it was important to be open about it.

The six-times champion, one of the world’s highest-paid athletes, has won five of seven races in a rescheduled season that started only in July due to the pandemic.

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