(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-10-16 10:41

"I can say that now, but I didn't feel that at the time. The disappointment was colossal."

Stewart said he had no fear of Hamilton, who he felt was better prepared than any of Britain's recent champions or the likes of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, being unready.

"Lewis Hamilton is capable of winning the world championship, no doubt, and he's the best young driver I have ever seen enter the sport," said Stewart.

"But the preparation for Brazil is something that nobody could actually coach him on, without having a long programme of preparation.

"At the end of the day it will be down to his own intellect to deal with in the most appropriate fashion."

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