Lewis Hamilton has one fundamental focus on this year – to win back the Formula 1 title he felt was unreasonably stolen from him in 2016.
Not ridiculously, in Hamilton’s view his previous partner Nico Rosberg figured out how to win the title simply because of an unwavering quality record at Mercedes skewed to support him. All things considered, in Hamilton’s brain, he may have lost, yet he was not beaten.
Rosberg has gone for this present year, supplanted by the previous Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, yet that is a detail that does not change Hamilton’s essential core interest.
“I definitely don’t want to finish second,” the three-time champion says. “Every year you generally set the same goals but you might add more. All drivers want to win but not everyone has the ability or the opportunity.
“I am looking for that fourth world championship. It’s there for the taking again. I am up against another great driver in Valtteri and hopefully Red Bull and Ferrari will be up there as well.”
Missing out to Rosberg in 2016 plainly hurt. What’s more, obviously maybe, Hamilton has been particularly thorny when gotten some information about how he was influenced by it.
“Nowhere near as much as you think,” he said at the launch of the Mercedes car. “It doesn’t change my life. You just move onwards and hopefully upwards.” And that was your lot.
Hamilton handed 32 over February, is heading into his eleventh season in F1, and has portrayed himself as “the same old” Lewis this year. However, Mercedes individuals identify an unpretentious move.
Rosberg’s choice to resign was continually going to move the element in the group.
He and Hamilton were a similar age and their competition backpedaled to their teenagers, when they were karting peers, partners and companions..
The fellowship kicked the bucket, slaughtered by the power of being each other’s opponent for the greatest prize in motorsport. Yet, there was dependably an innate harmony between the two.
Hamilton’s ability and basic prevalence on the track implied he was dependably the predominant figure in the group. Yet, the German had been at Mercedes for a long time longer and, a significantly less requesting character, had a more steady association with the group and the organization.
He was Mr Corporate and Dependable, though Hamilton, for all his more noteworthy status and request, was harder to oversee.
“Self-motivation is difficult for the human race to find each year and each day,” Hamilton says. “I am very lucky I have fans, family and friends who motivate me to grow and be better every day. I will always do the things I do and explore the world and meet new people and new cultures.”
