Motor racing - Hamilton better than Schumacher, says Villeneuve

FILE PHOTO: Formula One World Champion, Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton speaks ahead of the United States Grand Prix during an interview with Reuters at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, New York, U.S., October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton can beat Michael Schumacher's Formula One records and become the most successful driver of all time and is already a greater world champion, according to the German's old foe Jacques Villeneuve.

The passing years have not mellowed the outspoken Canadian's views on Schumacher, the man he beat to the 1997 world championship in controversial circumstances, and he pulls no punches.