MARK HUGHES
Oct 27, 2021
3 minutes
THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF a very tight championship battle inevitably expose the personality traits of those in the hot centre of it all.
The competitive make-up of top-class athletes is a fascinating subject. The raw desire to win obviously features strongly, but in Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen it’s possible to discern also different levels of the fear of failure. The will to win and a fear of failure are, of course, intimately connected, but they are not the same. Both can be assets or liabilities in the particular demands of a high-pressure moment.
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