Lewis Hamilton

The Brit will start Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix in sixth place, while teammate George Russell will begin in fourth position after an impressive final qualifying lap. Hamilton has an impressive record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, taking four of ...

“This car just doesn’t talk to Lewis in the way that he likes a car to talk to him,” he said. “We have had years of Lewis being absolutely precise everywhere and he is fighting, he doesn’t know what the car is going to do next. It will be one of the toughest races of the season so far in that regard, even tougher than Bahrain. So we will have to think carefully about the strategy and go for the best option.” There’s going to be a number of stops, I believe, for everybody. “I am not really putting my mind to that because I am still way off,” Hamilton said when asked if any improvements to the car can help him become a title contender. Hamilton has an impressive record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, taking four of the last five pole positions and has six race wins to his name.

Roger Federer has backed Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes for victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. The 20-time Grand Slam winner was behind the scenes as Mercedes ...

I am looking forward to the next upgrades that we get so we can add some performance." We still have some bouncing in Turns Three and Nine [the fastest corners in Spain] but the car's a lot better. Spanish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton had some contact with Kevin Magnussen through the opening sequence of corners. The seven-time World Champion had a puncture and had to pit, ...

We have two unbelievable drivers, we have the right guys to sort our car out and come back to the front. Would've raced for the win," Wolff gave his reaction to Hamilton's radio message towards the start of the race. "It's always the call when you basically lost the race.

Lewis Hamilton has said that he is happy that the Mercedes car is beginning to make progress in terms of its performance but that he still needs to get more ...

“I’m still struggling with the car. So that means the car should be at least third or fourth and I’m in sixth,” Hamilton told the gathered press here in Spain. “I’m still way off.

Lewis Hamilton asked to retire after being involved in a lap-one incident at the Spanish Grand Prix that relegated both drivers to the back of the pack.

He ramped me." Sorry" Lewis Hamilton asked to retire after being involved in a lap-one incident at the Spanish Grand Prix that relegated both drivers to the back of the pack.

The Mercedes driver and Kevin Magnussen collided on the first lap after the Haas man tried to go around the outside of Hamilton, leaving him with a puncture and ...

I was just really unfortunate at the start to get the puncture I got, but I didn't give up. He [Hamilton] would have raced for the win. But then, to be fighting for fourth, I was so happy.

Toto Wolff thinks that, had his first-lap incident not taken place, Lewis Hamilton would have been in the mix for the race victory in Spain.

He would have raced for the win.” And at the end, I mean, his race pace was stunning here. “We’re not sure [if] we damaged the engine.

And the seven-time world champion said he was confident Mercedes would be race winners again before too long. Hamilton clashed with Kevin Magnussen on the ...

“I was thinking this is impossible to get back into the points but they said no I was on for eighth,” he said. We have made a lot of improvements with the car, the race pace is much better. “I had to get through a lot of adversity in that race starting from so far back.”

With temperatures reading 36 degrees Celsius, the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix got under way – with Charles Leclerc holding off the Red Bull of title rival Max ...

Red Bull's Max Verstappen raced to his third victory in as many outings.

If I didn’t have the issue at the start I would have been fighting the Red Bulls so that gives me a great hope at some stage we will be fighting for the win. Russell also impressed to secure his second podium of the year. “Since the final race of last year it has been difficult all-round. “Lewis, that was amazing,” said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, seconds after the race finished. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. So gloomy was Hamilton’s apparent fate that he wanted to retire his car.

Lewis Hamilton's run of Spanish Grand Prix victories – stretching back to 2017 – may have come to an end in 2022. But the seven-time champion was still ...

“I was so gutted to lose the place to Sainz, especially after coming from where I came from, you know,” chuckled Hamilton. “I mean, I was 30-plus seconds behind [the pack]. That’s like no-man’s land, and I tell you, it’s a horrible feeling being that far behind. “It was a lot hotter than predicted today, so for everyone, it was quite tough with these cars,” said Hamilton. “I don’t know exactly what went on with the car, I’ve not spoken with the team… “But jeez, if I hadn’t had that issue at the beginning, who knows where we would have been in the end.

LEWIS HAMILTON collided with Kevin Magnussen early in the Spanish Grand Prix.

"But I was like, we might as well just save the engine so we live to fight another day. "From a driver's perspective, you know, 'that can't be possible, I'm 50 seconds behind the leaders', but it's still valuable mileage and we are never giving up anyway. The pair collided on the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix, with the incident causing Hamilton to offer to quit the race.

LEWIS HAMILTON fought back to fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix after an early incident with Kevin Magnussen.

I don't know exactly what went on with the car but I basically had to drive it at half throttle trying to cool the car. He said: “Really unfortunate at the start with the punctures I got, but I didn't give up, that’s what we do right. Moments later, Hamilton asked his team if he could retire the car to save the engine but was warned there would still be opportunities later.

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It was 15 seconds behind at the end and he caught all the way up - at times, he was the quickest. And the driver!” He added: “Him showing this very good pace was important, not only for his morale, but also our morale. Our pace was closer to the top guys in the race, which is amazing. “We have reasons to believe we can get there. “With Lewis, we had probably the fastest race car.

Kevin Magnussen said that his collision with Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap in Spain was where his race effectively ended.

We had a good start, a good first lap and that’s all you want from today. “It was a great Saturday, and we had a very clean Friday too which is very beneficial. The Mercedes driver has damage and limps back to the pits for repairs#SpanishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/7mV0YAbGxF