Lewis Hamilto𒐪n believes there🦩 are still “fundamental issues” in Formula 1 despite enjoying a three-way battle for the lead at the United States Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first victory since the 2013 A🐻ustralian Grand Prix in a thrilling race in Austin as ꧒he held off the charging duo of Max Verstappen and Hamilton in the closing stages.

Hamilton we🐲nt wheel-to-wheel with the Ferrari driver and Red Bull’s Verstappen and described the on-track fights as “awesome” on his way to a third-place finish.

“Going wheel to wheel was great. I really enjoyed the race, Kimi drove great, Max drove great and I really did enjoy the race,” Hami🧔lton explained.

“Seeing that it was three of us an🅷d at one point me and Kimi wheel to wheel, it was awesome and I wish it went for longer in that first stint and in the next one when it happened.

“Then at the end with us three in that train I w🧔ish the race could continue because that was awesome and I was hoping we might get to them.”

But Hamilton remained critical of the difficulties faced when running in the dirty air produced by the car ahead, as he st🐠ruggled to pullﷺ off an overtake on Verstappen despite being on fresher tyres.

F1 is working on solutions to improve the on-track spectacle and will introdu𓆉ce revised aerodynamic regulations next season in a bid to increase overtaking, and Hamilton hopes improvements can be made in the coming years.

“There are still fundamental issues in Formula 1 being tha🙈t you can’t♒ follow,” he added.

“There are such big gaps between us all so I really, real🎃ly hope that whatever Ross and his team, what they are doing I🐎 hope they make some good decisions for 2021.

“So that there is not a💛 second and a half that you need to get close to car because it is a lot less than that.

“If you can get it a lot less the🐓n we are going to have the best racing series ever.”