Lewis Hamilton reacts to “personal question” - “I probably don’t really want to go too much into that"
The Mercedes driver was quizzed about saying “I haven’t been at my best for over ဣa year” having claimed his first pole position since 2021 last week in Hungary.
At the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, said to Hamilton: “Getting the pole again obviously meant a lot. You 𒁏said afterwards that maybe you’d questioned whether your own form had fallen off a little bit, in the last year or so.
“I just wonder 🍒if at a🦂ny point in this period have you ever felt you had maybe lost something that you wouldn’t get back?
“Or were you always confident that you 🌃cou🅰ld get back to your best?”
Hamilton paused for quite a while before replying: “I don’t know - I think that’s a💙 bit of a personal question and I probably don’t really want to go too much into that.”
He then said: “But I think last year-and-a-bit has difficult wi𓄧th the car that we have had.
“Parti✨cularly last year, not finding myself gelling with the car that we had built.
“Therefore, not being able to livಞe at the potential that I know I am able to compete in.
“When you are hindered by the balance, that is similar for so many dr♏ivers.
“The goal is to steer the direction of t�ꦓ�he development so you can eventually show your potential, and what you are capable of.
“I think, through really hard work,൲ we’re starting to get there. You are starting to see that.
“From Monaco onwards, I have had much more consistent performan💦ces. The pole position that we had in the last race felt reminiscent of the olden days for me.
“That gives me hope that w🐓e’re going in the right direction.
“Hopefully it’s the same for our team.”
Red Bull have been F1’s dom🐈inant force since Max Verstappen claim🌺ed his first title at the notorious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Mercedes’ improvem𒈔ents were highlighted by Hamilton’s pole position in Hungary last week, although he lost the lead of t🔯he grand prix by the first turn.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp🅷o⛦rts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
