Lewis Hamilton said it was “far too soon” to begin pondering winning the world title taking after his 6th triumph in 11 races this season. The Mercedes driver ruled Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix to move 28 focuses clear of partner Nico Rosberg. Hamilton is more than a win in front of the German with eight races remaining.
Hamilton said, “To come away from the best holiday I have ever had and win was fantastic. To translate pole positions into wins is what I want to do. I felt good when I woke up today. I am the strongest and happiest I’ve ever been in my life. I love my job – it’s the greatest job in the world.”
His count of poles means he now can’t be beaten to Formula 1’s pole position trophy, an idea that was presented a year ago and was won by Rosberg. In any case, Hamilton, who might break even with his legend Ayrton Senna’s count of three titles in the event that he wins the crown again this year, said he was not keen on that accomplishment. Hamilton said, “The pole trophy is not particularly exciting but getting poles is definitely a great thing. Naturally, winning the World Championship is the goal. I would give up everything else, all the poles, the pole position trophy, for the World Championship so that’s really the goal. But I’m really happy with how the qualifying has gone this year. It’s been a huge step for me and here the plan was to try to convert that pole position and the speed that I had in qualifying into the race. I feel like I did that and I’m sure that there will be areas to improve on which I will continue to try to work on.”
Wolf said, “Get half the job done on Saturday, that is crucial to him, and then get off the line in the lead. At the moment, Lewis just seems to be on a roll. Yesterday he was incredible, in the middle sector he was half a second clear of anybody. We have seen very good weekends [from Rosberg]. They are often split by thousandths of a second and the gap isn’t big. But if you are in the same car and have the same resources it is difficult to gain an advantage.”
Now let’s see how hard Lewis Hamilton will perform for winning the title this season. Fingers are crossed! We wish him a good luck.
