The British driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), seven-time Formula One World Champion, declared this Thursday at the Jeddah circuit, the scene of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, that the Mercedes team, with which he belongs in the previous year of his current contract, he is his “family” and he has no plans to go “anywhere else” in search of the lost success.
Hamilton, who started the 2023 World Cup with fifth place in Bahrain and whose last F1 victory came in Saudi Arabia at the end of the 2021 season, said: “Of course, there are times when you disagree with some members. of the team, the important thing is that we keep in touch, that we keep working together.
“I still believe one hundred percent in this team, which is my family. I’ve been here for a long time, so I’m not going anywhere else. But we all need a kick, we all need to move forward,” he added.
“We’ve seen where the performance is and how people are performing. Now we have to start making some bold decisions, take some big steps, to close the gap with these guys,” the Englishman said.
Referring to Red Bull and their dominant one-two in Bahrain, Hamilton continued: “Otherwise they’re going to… I mean, they’re probably going to take everything this year, unless they’re stopped by Ferrari. look.”
“But, as I said, hopefully at some point in the year… We are hopeful that we can close the gap. At that point it will probably be too late in the fight for the championship, but we can still. turn the water back ,” he says. .
Hamilton, 38, believes he can still win again. “I’m going to win again. It’s just going to take a while.”
“You never know what awaits you. There are things that happen in all of our lives that we don’t expect, but not how you fall, how you get up, how you deal with it, how you show up. This is how you stay positive and deal with the problems you face: that’s where my strength goes and that,” the Briton stressed.
Source: La Verdad
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