F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton addresses last year’s controversy - “I won’t think of the past”

Hamilton and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen arrive at the 2022 finale at the same circuit as one of F1’s most controversial moments at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Hamilton was denied an all-time record eighth title and Verstappen won his first championship when then-race director Michael Masi incorrectly applied a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Safety Car rule.
Hamilton told Sky as he arrived this weekend: “I am very much living in the present. I won’t arrive thinking of the p𝔉ast.
“I will focus on… I don’t know if we are able to win this weekend. I don’🌃t knoꦗw if the car will work well here on the long straights.
“But if there’s a chance, we will go for it.”
Last weekend in Brazil, Hamilton finished behind Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell who won his first ever F1 grand prix.
It was notably Mercedes’ first win of 2022 at the penultimate opꦑportunity after a year blighted by porpoising and performance issues, and gives hope that they could challenge Verstappen and Red Bull in 2023.

“It’s all down to the huge workforce that we have in the UK who have been so determined all year,” Hamilton said. “It was frustrating for th꧑em that all their work last winter turned out how it did.
“Rather t♛han sulk or get down, everyone has been geed up.
“We have tested 🥀so many things, had so many updates.
“To finally bring the update in𒅌 Aust♕in then see its performance appear over the past three races has been so reviving.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Americaജn sports, to football, to F1.