Lewis Hamilton: “This is how racing should be”

Pole position and victory in Spain, the Catalan weekend of Lewis Hamilton This Sunday could not have ended better. However, the Sunday Grand Prix did not start in the best way for the driver Mercedes, beaten at the first turn by the Ferrari de Sebastian Vettel author of a better flight.

“Initially I don't really know what went wrong, I need to sit down with the engineers because it wasn't good enough. I thought I did everything I should, but I had a bit of slippage. »

In a fight with Sebastian Vettel during the race, Hamilton initially benefited from the Ferrari driver losing time behind his teammate Valtteri Bottas, before the Mercedes strategy thwarted Vettel's attempts. The two drivers even made contact, the four-time world champion retaining the lead of the race for a while after his last stop.

“I thought I was going to go off the track, but I was next to him, and it was really tight, admits Hamilton. But again, that's how racing should be and I loved it...Sebastian was incredibly close, incredibly fast. The team did a great job with the strategy. »

Discover the full report and analysis of the Spanish Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents in Catalonia, in issue 2114 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.