Lewis Hamilton is undoubtedly one of the greatest F1 drivers in the world, if not the greatest. Hamilton, who won seven F1 world titles from 2008 to 2020, has opened up on an incident that dates back to his first championship-winning year when he was with the McLaren F1 team.

In a recent interview, Hamilton apologized to the former Toyota driver Timo Glock as he wasn’t there to support him at the time. Why support him, you may ask? Glock received a lot of hate and threats after Hamilton passed him at Brazil to clinch his first world title, beating, the home hero, Felipe Massa, to the championship with just one point.

Talking about this, the seven-time world champion conveyed, “I’m sorry at the time I wasn’t able to, I didn’t understand what was going on for you in your world. I was very young, I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to support you in that time. If that was today, I know I could be there and support you!”

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Timo Glock, who was recently seen attending the Brazilian Grand Prix with Massa, had a hard time in the country in 2008 and the following years.

Why was Lewis Hamilton apologizing to Timo Glock?

As seen in the video, Lewis Hamilton is talking to Timo Glock and being sorry for not being able to stand up for him. However, there is an inside story to this as to why he was apologizing.

It was the 2008 F1 season finale in Brazil. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa were the leading title contender for the year. As the race weekend commenced, it was Massa who had everything under control. The brilliant Brazilian picked up the pole position, the fastest lap, and ended up winning the Interlagos race.

However, Massa needed Hamilton to finish in P6 or below to win the championship. During the race Glock was in P5 and Hamilton was in P6. Before they crossed the finish line, the Briton overtook the Toyota driver and snatched the championship away by one point from Massa, who only enjoyed the title for 39 seconds.

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As the championship was decided, all hell broke loose for Timo Glock. Brazilian fans who saw the Brazilian driver’s title snatched away at the very last minute, gave Glock a hard time. Reports say that the German driver had to be escorted by Police to get out of the country.