2026 Monaco GP

monaco grand prix 2026 .. post race

“i'm grateful to have moved forwards because we started third and to get to second. it's awesome to have two seconds, especially i think with a good race in montreal and everyone was kind of like, yeah, but he's quick there. i feel like i’m in a period where i’m having to remind people of who i am. and i think there was my fans last year were telling me to remind me of who i am. and now i’m having to show up each weekend and try to do that. i think it's great to see that it’s like a rejuvenated love in the team, and i think their belief also in me and the decision in hiring me and everything. so i'm very happy.”

lewis: i mean, it couldn't be closer, but it's still 66 points. i mean, i can't believe that i’m second in the championship and i’m really happy and thankful for that. and i couldn't have done that without this team, without the reliability that we have. and also with fred, you know - fred has been awesome in supporting me. i think last year was really, really tough for both of us. begging him for certain changes and he pulled through and he did those and now i’m seeing the fruits of that and i’m able to finally deliver for them. i think it's still very early days in the season, so we just have to keep chasing. it’s actually easier to chase than it is to defend, i would say, in life. whilst [merc] are very, very quick and they're an amazing team, we're going to keep pushing, keep chasing, and i have no doubt at some stage we're going to get there.

lewis: i feel good. thank you, dude. thank you, man. appreciate it. no, it feels amazing to be up here and, you know, such a privilege to still be here.

lewis: i mean, we go back to straights, long straights. so you can imagine, i think the news came out either yesterday or today, that red bull have the most powerful engine, mercedes second, and then we're behind. we've got now these tokens to try and develop and close the gap but that's like a eight to ten month project so it's not something we can just do next week. so we'll be pushing as hard as we can to see how we can close it up but for next week hopefully we'll be able to add some components to the car to try and close the gap to them. but it's gonna be hard to beat them. they're just on another level at the moment which i'm really happy for them. it's my old family, old team and when they're at their best they're very, very, very hard for anyone to beat.

LEWIS HAMILTON | Post-Race Press Conference Monaco GP 2026

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Damon Hill is back on the teamLH hype train 🚂