Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Styria there were to shake last weekend, nothing. The Mercedes driver won on Saturday in convincing fashion the Pole and had his place in the sun is also in the race of anyone to dispute. Impressive his performance was, especially in the rainy Qualifying session, when he took off the Rest of the field is 1.2 seconds.
he was even glad that the third Training had to be cancelled due to the rainy conditions. “Because that is all the other less practice time in the rain,” he says. “I knew what I’m capable of, when the Qualifying starts and I have also shown. I focused and made no mistake.”
this was also The case for the Sunday and was different than in the previous week. There are two penalties meant that Hamilton finished the season start only on the fourth rank. “The past weekend was from a mental point of view very challenging,” he says.
setback sheathe
Shortly before the race, Hamilton was quoted at the time of the stewards ‘ and to the launch site five penalty offset, in the race, there was once a five seconds Penalty for a collision with Alexander Albon.
In some ways, contrary to Hamilton itself, because just a few days ago, he had emphasized that such mind games, nothing can harm. But now he says: “This was definitely not easy, but the past you can’t change. You can easily focus only on the future and energy bundles.”
And this is the six-times world champion last weekend, apparently to perfection. “I have ensured that I stay here, well train and well eat and sleep. Also I’m with Bono (race engineer Peter Bonnington; have note. d. Red.) and the guys worked well, to understand what went on last weekend, wrong. The I can this weekend to correct.”
no less challenging
the spectators saw the race from Hamilton fairly easily, as if he would have no great trouble. Of course it was for him a different race than starting from position five, but he emphasizes that it has its own difficulty, to start from the beginning. “It’s not the Fans may not be as much fun, but I would not say that it is less challenging for me,” Hamilton said.
saw the beginning of some pressure from Max Verstappen suspended, but even without the big pressure there is trouble: “You have to understand that we are being told, how far can we go with these tires, but we can shorten the life of our drive way quite easily.”
“I’m told all the time what the driver is doing behind me, and from the looks of it, and in each round, it is a few tenths of seconds up or down and balances it,” says the Briton. “If you drive in a round, two-tenths faster, then you take in the next two-tenths out of it and save it on the tire. And that’s round for round is different.”
victory to the weak price
make-“To the beginning of the race, there was more pressure. It was not easy, there is a gap of two seconds to launch, but I think that his (Max Verstappen; Anm. d. Red.) Tires have a little subsided, or I got into a better Groove,” Hamilton continued. “In the second Stint I felt more comfortable.”
“Frankly, I think that is a real strength of mine: to manage the tyres. That’s why I was able to increase the distance. I was also aware of what makes Valtteri behind him,” says the Mercedes driver. “I might have been able to get a little more out of the tyres, but maybe that would have brought me over the cliff.”
But that wasn’t to be and Hamilton drove with more than 13 seconds ahead of the finish line and on a track that is not him actually. The victory at the Grand Prix of Styria, was only Hamilton’s second on the Red Bull Ring. “I don’t know why there are some routes where one is stronger than others, but this track is one of my weak points,” he says.
“so that I could deliver this Performance here today makes me extremely happy. But I also know that there is still a long way to go.”
Mercedes always delivers more
And, above all, he is happy that his Mercedes-has weakened the Team, in spite of all the successes and never more at the top of the formula 1 perched. Currently it has placed in the constructors ‘ championship, more than twice as many points as the second.
“This Team had so much success in the past few years, and it is so easy to lose because at some point the focus to let up and decided to lose integrity. I don’t see that happen in this Team but just that doesn’t seem to exist here,” he says.
“And the guys in the factory are working relentlessly on. The guys here at the track with so much passion to work. We are so United. This has been seen today in the starting line-up, as we all went together to the knee. This shows that we are learning as a Mercedes on this trip.”
“And you must allow changes. If we talk about the car, because you do great work. Instead of jumping to conclusions, go to the smallest Detail. This weekend, we luckily had no problems. But there is still a long way and for each that is a challenge with these cars. But it’s still a step forward.”
This article was written by Norman Fischer, Co-author: Christian Nimmervoll
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