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lewis hamilton arrives to the track on media day, spain - june 11, 2026

Felipe Massa confronts Lewis Hamilton at the Singapore GP 2011

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lewis hamilton, p2, is interviewed after qualifying, spain - june 13, 2026

lewis hamilton, p1, celebrates with his team after the race, spain - june 14, 2026 📷 dom gibbons / getty

lewis hamilton, p1, is interviewed after the race, spain - june 14, 2026 📷 @.viaplayracingnl / instagram

"No. I've trained very, very, very, very hard this year. I mean last year was just, it was difficult from the beginning because I got injured here actually. Big crash that I had here last year and I was carrying that injury through the whole year which was really, really difficult. And then just, God, just the whole year, I just never want to think about it. But I never gave up, refocused, recentred, had a great winter, came back in pushing with these guys and rejigged my team." "Wow. This has come sooner than I had expected, but yeah, I take it. I'm so, so happy and so happy for the team as well."