Lewis Hamilton outlines the targets he has set himself for the rest of F1 2022 season

Hamilton arrives at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Dutch Grand Prix after seeing his recoꦰrd as the only driver to finish every raওce in 2022 disappear last week in Belgium after contact with Fernando Alonso.
He has long since given up hope of winning an all-time record eighth championship, and is battling to keep alive his imperious record of having won a race in each seas𝐆on of his F1 career.
But, he insists, that his focus is on helping 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes to build a car which can again challenge Max Verstappen and Red Bull after they were hampered by early-season 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:porpoising.
“I love the work that we’re doing, whether we’re fighting for first or not,” he said despite a toug𒉰h 🐎season.
“I still love getting into the huddle w♔ith the🏅 engineers.
“I love these back-to-back races because if you have a ♛crap weekend you can get back🀅 on it.
“I still love the challenge of fighting this car. It is a fight. The amount of engineering we have to♋ do to𓃲 dial it in is tricky. It increases your accessibility to improve your engineering side, so I’m enjoying that.
“I don’t ever want to wish time by. The𒆙re is information to gain iღn this second half of the season.
“As a driver, I w⛄ant to improve and make sure that things like the [Belgian Grand Pr✨ix retirement] doesn’t happen.

“I am focused on trying to articulate exactly wh🍰at I’m fe꧅eling in the car, what I want in next year’s car, and making sure it gets done.
“It all moves so quickly. They’ve got t🌄o sign off the brakes or front suspension now! The gearbox is 🙈signed off now! Everything is done so far in advance.
“Making sure you catch them before they sign off those things, and gettingౠ things in the pipeline that in the past we haven’t focused on, to give us a better foundation.
“We have won the past eight constructor’s championships and I have faith. With t🌄he cost cap it isn’t𒊎 as easy as it was, but we can get there.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyth𒐪ing from American sports, to football, to F1.