Hamilton: “An incredible feeling”

Winning in a Grand Prix at the wheel of a McLaren, What's more normal ? If the British team has regained success thanks to Lewis Hamilton, the taste for Champagne had however deserted the ranks of the Woking team for several months. And more precisely since the Chinese Grand Prix, in October 2008. From then on, Lewis Hamilton could only rejoice more at his victory during the Hungarian Grand Prix. “ It's an incredible feeling to come back here, after having struggled for so long and considering the work put in by the team. »

It is also on this point that the Briton insisted, highlighting the qualities of his car before that of its piloting. “ I am so proud of the team, of the people at the factory. They never gave up, never gave up, it?s very rare in such an important group. They did an incredible job »

However, the McLaren driver did not imagine being able to win this weekend, during the Hungarian Grand Prix. “ We didn't expect to win today. Of course, we have made progress. But we thought we didn't have the pace. That?s why it?s so special to win today. »Seeing McLaren on the podium has been a regular thing in recent seasons. The end of 2009 could get us used to finding Lewis Hamilton on the top step of the podium again.