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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历💯史:deny Hamilton his first win of F1 2022 with a late o🧸vertake to clinch 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen used fresher, medium tyres to charge 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,” Hamilton told Sky after the pulsating race.
"I’m still here and I know t🍸hat when they [Mercedes] build the car, I will take it to the top. So we’ve just got to keep working.”
𝓡Hamilton 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 significant deficit to the RB18 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 champi𒐪on said. “It’s been such a trying year for everyone.
“We came here with upgrades, they wo🐷rked so hard to bring those upgrades in, and it really had an effect. We were closer today, so I’m really proud of everybody.
"I𝄹’m sorry I couldn’t get the win, I gave it absolutely 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 on the straight, 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 o♍utscoring Ferrari in Austin, Mercedes are 53 points adrift 🏅of second place in the constructors’ championship with three races remaining.
Asked what it means to be able to fight for a win and second place in the constructo𓂃rs’ after 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 get a win would be a huge triumph fo𓂃r us alℱl and hugely rewarding.”
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