Hamilton: “It wasn’t the easiest race”

The British driver won his 89^e victory by starting from pole without being worried by his opponents. However, the tires suffered on the Mercedes.

Published on 30/08/2020 à 17:40

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Still and always Hamilton. The pilot Mercedes signed his fifth victory of the season in seven races and his 89th in Belgium on Sunday^e in career. It makes. “ I know that’s not necessarily what people would want.” admitted Hamilton.

Apparently very calm, his race was actually quite tense. “ It wasn't the easiest race, I had some blockages at the start of the lap and vibrations so we had to calm things down on how to attack. So I cooled the tires… But fortunately the scenario was different from Silverstone. »

No punctures and no stress except in the first lap. The 2km long straight from La Source to Combes was the biggest trap of the day for Hamilton. “Leaving is a nightmare, because no matter which way you leave you are in danger. I had a big oversteer coming out of turn 1, it was my fault. I could have had an extra car margin but I managed to keep the advantage. »

Thanks to his victory, Lewis Hamilton is now 47 lengths ahead of Verstappen and 50 points ahead of his teammate Valtteri Bottas, or two successes. The Finn seems out of the race and was once again unable to try anything in Belgium, even at the start.

“At the start it could have been a big opportunity but Lewis was too fast at the exit, I couldn't catch him until Les Combes. »

Bottas complained about the instructions not to be able to attack Hamilton in the rest of the first lap using his maximum power. “I really didn’t know it was banned.”

Behind, mass was said, he remained quietly second.