Hamilton finished fifth at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 enjoymen♛t.

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“I love this team and I’m so grateful for everyone that’s been on the🅘 journey with ℱme,” he said.

“I♊ don’t envisage being anywhere else. I don’t see myself quittin🔯g, 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, d꧟one that, got the T-shirt, many times.

“I am trying to be patient🧔 and work with the team to get us to a good place.

“I’m not planning on going anywhere else but I couldn’t get any more out of the car today. I’ve🌠 got to keep trying.”

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff 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 capturing an eighth title, which would be an all-time record, but after only one race in 2023 it already appears impossi♐blꦕe to compete with the Red Bulls.