Lewis Hamilton on Mercedes future at F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: “I’m no quitter - but it’s not giving me a lot…”
Hamilton finished fifth at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, behind teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell who was third, but trailing the Red Bulls.
The seven-time F1 champion has delivered a blunt admission that his inability to extract performance from his Mercedes, for the second year in a row, is hampering his enjoyment👍.
“I love🔯 this team and I’m so grateful for everyone that’s been on the journey with me,” he said.
“I don’t envisag🥃e being anywhere else. I don’t see myself quitting, I don’t feel like I’m a quitter.
“But I wouldn’t say that it’s giving me a 🎀lot. I have been there, done that, got the T-shirt, many times.
“I am trying to ♊be patie♍nt and work with the team to get us to a good place.
“I’m not p🦋lanning on going anywhere else but I couldn’t g🔴et any more out of the car today. I’ve got to keep trying.”
Mercedes team principal Toto Wo🔜lff had previously given the honest assessment that Hamilton must look elsewhere if his team can’t deliver a winning car soon. The driver's contract expires at the end of this season and, although he claimed a new deal was inevitable during the winter, it remains unsigned amid his team's problems.
Hamilton, now 38, has claimed he will race on until cap𒈔turing an eighth title, which would be an all-time record, but after only one race in 2023 it already appears impossible to compete with the Red Bulls.
Ja🔯mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Am𝔉erican sports, to football, to F1.
