Hamilton has admitted he is finding the pressures of F1 tough
Lewis Hamilton needs to ignore external distractions and concentrate on driving if he is to revive his title challenge, says Honda team boss Ross Brawn.
Englishman Brawn guided Michael Schumacher through a similar stage of his career in the early 1990s.
"The driving is the thing that will carry him through whatever else happens," Brawn told BBC Sport.
"He's got to focus on his driving, concentrate on that, and everything else will take care of itself."
Hamilton has failed to score points in his last two races, and has fallen to 10 points behind championship leader Felipe Massa of Ferrari.
The McLaren driver had admitted he is having to find ways of dealing with F1's pressures this season and appeared rattled after his latest failure in France on Sunday.
He has made it clear he is unhappy with the British newspapers for criticising him after he crashed into title rival Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari in the pits during the previous race in Canada.
The attention that these young guys get is enormous pressure and they have to learn the hard way
Ross Brawn Honda F1 team boss
Brawn said Hamilton's behaviour was understandable in a 23-year-old who was only a year and a half into his Grand Prix career.
"We all tend to forget how young he is, and how this is all lots of new experiences for him," said Brawn, 57.
"I was fortunate enough to be with Michael Schumacher when he went through this learning curve, and it was no different.
"The attention that these young guys get is enormous pressure, and something that no-one can really help them with.
"No-one can really advise them what they should be doing. So they have to learn the hard way and learn themselves.
"He is really in the spotlight now and will be as long as he has his career. That's all part and parcel, I'm afraid, of being so talented."
Brawn, who was promoting the Let's Go Karting campaign, said Hamilton would "definitely" be world champion, but it would be difficult to defeat Ferrari this season.
"Ferrari look very tough," said Brawn, who was technical director with the Italian team from 1997 until 2006. "He's certainly capable of being a world champion. It's a question of how the car goes and how the dice roll."
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