Lewis Hamilton’s “really turbulent year” admission after final F1 race with Mercedes
"It's been a🌄 really turbulent year, probably the longest year of my life."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has conceded his final year with Mercedes has been “really turbulent”, describing F1 2024 as the “longest year of my life”.
Hamilto💞n bowed out of Mercedes with a spectacular drive from 16th on the grid to finish fourth at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
On the w🏅hole though, 2024 has been a poor one by Hami💖lton’s high standards.
Aside from his two F1 race victories, Hamilton has generally been out-performed by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, particularly on a Saturday.
Speaking after his final race with M🔜ercedes, Hamilton was asked whether it was imp🍨ortant for his confidence that he ended the year on a high.
He replied:🦩 “It's not that I need to have confidence, I've always had the confidence, but definitely really nice to finish with a strong hard ba🀅ttle.
“No mistakes, solid drive. It's been a really turbulent year, probably the longest year of my life. I would say, because we've known it from the beginning that we're leaving, and it's like a relationship, when you've told whoever the counterpart is that you'๊re leaving, but you're living together for a whole year.
“Lots of ups and downs, emဣotionally, but we finished off with a high today.”
“It took perfection” to beat Russell
Hamilton came alive on the medium tyres, reducing Russell’s 14-second gap in the 🅷second stint of the race.
The seven-time world champion admitted it🏅 required “perfecღtion” to beat his teammate in Abu Dhabi.
“He was driving great, obviously he started a lot further ahead than I did, so to catch the 14 seconds was tough, but he was putting in good laps,🧸 and so it took perf𝄹ection,” he added.
“I had to really put together the ✱best laps I could possibly do, obviously in Vegas I was catching for a period of time and then stopped, so I was trying to make sure that I kept taking chunks out of the gap, and I only caught him right at that last lap, and I was like it's now ꦐor never, and so I just waited for him.”
2🌊024 was officially Hℱamilton’s worst season in terms of championship position.
Before this🧜 year, he’s never finished outside the t𒉰op five in the drivers’ standings.
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