'I know Lewis, when we were teammates in 2011, he struggled because he didn't have that team of people around, and that is what helped me a lot in my career.' Being alone, I would have struggled, and I know other drivers struggled like that. 'That was really important to me, having a good team of people. 'Having good people around you, just to let you know what you have achieved and how good you are, but without blowing smoke where the sun doesn't shine,' Button told the High Performance podcast. There were crashes, various run-ins with the stewards and problems in his personal life, and he later called it 'a worse year than I've had previously'.īutton was Hamilton's teammate during this time and feels that he struggled due to not having a solid group of people around him, something Button himself has learned the value of over the years. The 2011 F1 season – which would prove to be Hamilton's penultimate year with McLaren before switching to Mercedes in 2013 – seemed to be a challenging one for Hamilton both on and off the track. Jenson Button feels that Lewis Hamilton particularly struggled in 2011 because he did not have a strong enough support network around him.

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