Lewis Hamilton on his battle with Checo Pérez for runners-up: “It's too far away now”

One of the great attractions of these last races of the championship of the Formula 1 is the fight that can exist between Sergio “Checo” Pérez against Lewis Hamilton for the runner-up of drivers.

The British pilot, days before Las Vegas Grand Prixsaid that at the moment the Mexican is very far away.

In the mixed zone the Briton joked with the Mexican driver, but after that he accepted that he sees the possibility of achieving runner-up status as complicated and very far away.

After that he said that the only way to reach the squadron pilot Red Bull is that he had two very bad races in which he had to retire and that is why he sees it as very complicated.

“Yes, I’m coming for you. No, it’s too far away now to be honest,” were the words used by Hamilton.

“He would have to have two disasters and I would have to be second, basically. But for me, honestly, it doesn’t make any difference if I’m second or third. I think that even so we have had an incredible year, taking into account the car we have had,” commented the driver of Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton He also talked about the good results he has achieved with the very little car he was given. Mercedes for this 2023 Formula 1 campaign.

“We never thought we would be fighting for second place among the manufacturers and knocking on the door of probably the most dominant car of our era. So yes. I’m grateful to be where we are. and have a half-decent season. Much better than last year,” said the seven-time world champion.

Since the internship began in February, it could be noticed that hamilton I was not satisfied with the car I had.

“When I drove the car for the first time in February, I knew immediately that it was not a car to win the championship. It was identical to the previous year, so that worried me. The credit goes to the team, which has come together and focused on maximizing what it has. And the large amount of work we have done in the background to try to maximize each weekend,” he confessed. Lewis Hamilton.

The British driver has achieved very good results in the last races, achieving podiums in Austin and Mexico.

“For my part, I think I’ve been very, very consistent overall, apart from one race probably this year; Overall it has been another good and consistent year for me. But there are also many areas where I can continue to improve. Even so, when we get on the podium in Austin and in Mexico, it is thanks to the incredible people I work with, who have not given up all year and keep pushing,” he commented.

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