Lewis Hamilton in the spotlight with rapper Will.i.am. Lewis Hamilton golfing with football superstar Tom Brady. Lewis Hamilton in extravagant outfits. Lewis Hamilton at sunrise under the palm trees. The Formula 1 record champion thoroughly enjoyed everything that was going on at the new Glamor Grand Prix in Miami. And, despite all the difficulties, draws new strength for the future from this “great place”.
“We’re going through a difficult time, didn’t get off the starting blocks the way we wanted,” admitted Hamilton, “but we’re fighters.” Giving up does not apply to the former serial winner, who first has to learn how to lose in Formula 1 again. “I’ll keep doing my best,” said Hamilton, who vowed to “fight as hard as possible” with the team.
The season so far is a completely new situation for the Briton, his silver arrow is bitchy, the 104th race win of his career seems to be as far away as Miami is from the North Pole. But run away, maybe end your career? Never.
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“I don’t listen to such stupid comments,” said Hamilton in the direction of Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko, who recently said that the 37-year-old might have resigned after the previous season following the World Cup defeat against Max Verstappen. Hamilton countered that he had repeatedly had to deal with “disrespectful comments” in his career: “I take that as a drive.” And: “I know who I am, I know what I’m doing, I love what I’m doing.”
Bad mood like track
In fact, the bad mood after the Imola disaster, when Hamilton was lapped, seemed to have vanished in the “Magic City” – despite the interim fuss about the ban on jewelry in the cockpit. “Just when I walk through the city and see events everywhere,” enthused Hamilton, who compared the show in Florida to the highlight of the football season: “I’ve been to a few Super Bowls, there’s a similar mood here.”
Hamilton tried to create a spirit of optimism for Mercedes. “A few bad races won’t stop us,” he said: “And I think you just have to keep proving that you never give up, that you always have to keep going. And I love working with this team.”
Hamilton assumes that it won’t be too long before he can get involved with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Verstappen again. “We’re doing our best, and I know what’s going on in the background to make the Mercedes faster,” said the Brit. Everyone in the team “grows” in the difficult situation: “And that leaves the success we will eventually achieve , taste even better.”
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