The British driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), seven times Formula One World Champion, declared in Jeddah, the scene this weekend of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, that the Mercedes team, with which he is in the last year of his current contract, it is his “family” and that he does not plan to go “anywhere else”.
Hamilton, who started the 2023 World Cup with a 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 certain members of the team. The important thing is that we continue to communicate, that we continue working together.
“I still believe one hundred percent in this team, which is my family. I’ve been here a long time, so I don’t plan on going anywhere else. But we all need a kick we all need to move forward,” he added.
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“We have seen where the performance is and how people are getting performance. Now we have to start making some bold decisions, making some big moves, in order to close the gap on these guys,” he said. English.
Referring to Red Bull and their dominating one-two in Bahrain, Hamilton continued: “Otherwise they are going to… I mean, most likely they will take everything this year, unless Ferrari can stop them. We’ll see”.
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“But, like I said, I hope that 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 terms of fighting for the championship, but we can still change luck”, he commented.
Hamilton, 38, believes he can still win again. “I will win again. It’s just going to take some time.”
“You never know what awaits you. There will be things that happen in all of our lives that we least expect, but it’s not how you fall, it’s how you get up, it’s how you deal with it, it’s how you present yourself.. It is how you remain positive and face the problems that you face: that is where my energy goes and that, “emphasized the Briton.