Formula One Features — November 2006

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Lewis Hamilton says he is not frightened of anything - except spiders! "When I was young I was shy to a certain extent," he says, "but I have never been scared of doing anything exciting. I haven't jumped out of aeroplanes and stuff like that but I will do that at some point.