Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: October 30, 2023, 12:04 IST
F1: Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton (AP)
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton bounced again from his disqualification in Texas to complete a robust second within the Mexican Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton stated he felt “incredibly proud” of his Mercedes staff on Sunday after bouncing again from his disqualification in Texas to complete a robust second within the Mexico Grand Prix.
Seven days after that disappointment at the United States Grand Prix, the place Hamilton got here residence 2.2 seconds behind Red Bull’s tree-time champion Max Verstappen, he repeated the end result at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
“Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that today,” he stated. “And it’s a great feeling to be putting one foot in front of the other and progressing.
“Last weekend, we hit the ground running, but this time we had to dig deep to get the set-up right and we did a great job to progress so well in early phases of the race and then to charge for a podium and second place is amazing.
“I am very happy and I am incredibly proud of my team and I have total faith in them. I know we have great engineers and we can build a great car even if we haven’t done that for a couple of years.
“So we need to be strategic and clinical if we are to battle those guys (Red Bull) as they are so quick on the straight but I am sure we can have a car to match them and then we will have great battles next year.”
His Mercedes staff-mate George Russell got here residence a upset sixth and stated his automobile had over-heated.
“The last 20 laps were terrible. My brakes over-heated and I had to back off. I lost temperature in the tyres and then it was like driving on ice and in the end I was lucky to finish P6. I hope it’s more consistent in Brazil.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
