Lewis Hamilton after finishing P2 in Austin | 23.10.22
“First of all I would like to start by saying a big thank you to my team, everyone back at the factory is working so hard and it’s been such a trying year for everyone. We came here with upgrades, they worked so hard to bring those upgrades. They [The upgrades] really had an effect we were closer today, so, really proud of every body. Sorry I couldn’t get that win, I gave it absolutely everything.
“We were in that lead and, I could see he was closing a second a lap and I couldn’t really answer to it for a while. He came from so far back from the straight, I think they’re like 10km/h faster normally on the straight anyways. And at the end of the straight my mirrors were vibrating so much I couldn’t see where he was so it was difficult to defend.”
Lewis on how much a win would mean to the team:
“I can’t put in words how much it would mean to the team, especially with everything that’s going on and everything that happened in the last race last year… Then, what’s happened this year in terms of our performance, all the news and everything… To get a win would be a huge triumph for us, hugely rewarding. What I’ll take from today is that we had good pace, I’m still here, and I know that when they build the car I will take it to the top so we just gotta keep working.”
