Lewis Hamilton warns F1 rival Max Verstappen: ‘I’m still here and I will take Mercedes to the top’
Verstappen fought back from a slow pit stop to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:deny Hamilton his 🌞first win of F1 2022 with a late overtake to clinౠch victory in a thrilling United States Grand Prix.
Hamilton managed to stick with Verstappen who led the race until a wheel gun failure resulted in an 11-second pit stop on Lap 35, dropping him behind Hamilton and Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen used fresher, medium tyres to c💧harge past Leclerc, before he chased down Hamilton and made the race-winning pass on Lap 51.
“I think what I’ll take from today is that we had good pace,” H𒁏amilton to✤ld Sky after the pulsating race.
"I’m still here and I know that w✨hen they [Mercedes] build the car, I will take it to the top. So we’ve just got to keep working.”
Hamilton praised his Mercedes team for bringing upgrades that helped him challenge for his first win since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but acknowledged his car still holds a significan✃t deficit to the RB18ꩵ in a straightline, ultimately leaving him powerless to keep Verstappen at bay.
“A big thank you to the team and everyone back at the factory who is working so hard,” the seven-time world champion said.🥃 “It’s been such a trying year for everyone.
“We came here with upgrades, they worked so hard to bring those upgrades in, and it really h꧒ad an effect. We were closer today, so I’m really proud of everybody.
"I’m sorry I couldn’t get the win, I gave itꦗ absol🌠utely everything. Obviously we were in that lead and I could see he was closing a second a lap and I couldn’t really answer to it for a while.
“He came from so far back on𝐆 the straight,𝕴 I think they are like 10kmh faster than us normally on the straight anyway, and at the end of the straight my mirrors are vibrating so much I couldn’t see where he was it was difficult to defend.”
After outscoring Ferrari in Austin, Mercedes are 53 poi🎃nts adrift of second place i𓆉n the constructors’ championship with three races remaining.
Asked what it means to be able to fight for a win and second place in the constructors’ aft✃er such a difficult season, Hamilton said: “I can’t put into words how much it would mean to the team.
"Especially with everything that has gone on and everything that happened in the last🎶꧋ race last year, then what’s happened this year in terms of our performance and what’s happening with all the news and everything.
“To g⛄et a win would be a huge triumph for 🍒us all and hugely rewarding.”
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