Lewis Hamilton, 2nd at Le Castellet: “An incredible result”

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) signed the best result of his season by finishing 2nd in the French Grand Prix, behind Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and teammate George Russell. The seven-time world champion also reached a 4th podium in a row (Canada, Great Britain, Austria, France) and confirmed the progress made on his Mercedes W13, so difficult to maneuver at the start of the season. “ I first wanted to greet this immense French crowd, the largest we have seen here, recalled Lewis Hamilton upon arrival. We had an incredible day, it was a difficult race but it's an incredible result. Our engineers did an exceptional job. We can be very satisfied with our level of reliability. This result was achieved by the team, but also by the factory as well. They helped us get this podium, this double podium in addition with 3rd place for George (Russell)."

Lewis Hamilton, like his comrades, suffered a lot from the suffocating heat on the Castellet plateau, but to hear him say it was worth it for its 300th Grand Prix. " I haven't weighed myself yet, but I must have lost a good three kilos during this Grand Prix, that's enough! I'm super thirsty! But it was a great day"

With this new good result, Lewis Hamilton now wants to get back into the seat of an increasingly efficient Mercedes to, why not, battle again with Red Bull et Ferrari. " I'm already looking forward to being in Budapest. We don't have the pace of the Red Bulls or the Ferraris so we still have work to do, but I hope that we will make improvements quickly to take a step forward, concludes the Briton. We see how much we've improved in racing, so hopefully we'll be able to bother them a little more.«