Lewis Hamilton drives like an `extra-terrestrial`

Vienna: Formula One legend Niki Lauda said Tuesday that current world champion Lewis Hamilton is driving like an "extra-terrestrial".

Hamilton is driving "in a phase where everything is always perfect," Lauda, non-executive chairman of Hamilton`s Mercedes team, told the APA news agency in an interview.

"He is driving like an extra-terrestrial," added the Austrian, who won the world title in 1975, 1977 and 1984.

"He is faultless. He is putting in lap times that no other driver can beat."

Britain`s Hamilton won the world title in 2008 and last year and leads this year`s race. The next grand prix is at Barcelona on Sunday.