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Lewis Hamilton might be the best Formula 1 driver ever, but if he had his way as a child he might have chosen a different path. Motorsport was always going to be the goal for the Briton in his younger days, but only an intervention from his father saw him chase that dream on four wheels rather than just two.

Hamilton's haul of seven F1 world titles can be matched only by the legendary Michael Schumacher, while he also holds the records for the most race wins, podiums and pole positions. But had his father not intervened, then it might have been MotoGP records that had fallen to the racer from Stevenage.

He admitted as much at a recent event where he was speaking alongside motorbike racing legend Valentino Rossi. The duo, who boast 14 premier class world titles between them, were invited to speak by their sponsor, Swiss