Then everything happened on Friday, and on Saturday the first thought was, 'Guys, calm down, we need to do our analysis, to put everything together.' “Of course, we were not thinking to win the race, but at least to fight.
“Before Friday we had our data, and we were reading the data, and we thought, 'OK in Hungary it could be a good race,” said team boss Maurizio Arrivabene. With its low speeds and hot weather, Hungary was always going to be a track that mixed things up a bit, and potentially gave others a chance to challenge Mercedes.įrom the start of the weekend Red Bull looked strong, but in contrast Ferrari struggled on Friday, and a myriad problems cost the team mileage. So how did we end up with such an unexpected result, and how did Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari pull off a victory? Given that he had made a bad start, ran off the road on the first lap, survived a heavy collision, stopped for a new wing, and taken a drive-through penalty, Lewis Hamilton was actually quite relieved to end up with such a result – not least because he finished two spots ahead of title rival Nico Rosberg. Meanwhile, the man everybody expected to win was a humble sixth. Hamilton celebrating 2018 British Grand Prix pole position No.Consider that the winning team appeared to be in disarray on Friday, the driver who finished second had a 10s penalty, the man in third survived three collisions and had to stop for a new front wing, and the fourth-place finisher had to take a drive-through.Īnd fifth place went to a McLaren Honda, one that had not even completed a flying lap in Q2, and yet survived Sunday afternoon without a glitch. As Hamilton debuted in the 2007 season, he became the first and only black driver in Formula One. He also holds other records, as well as most career wins, most pole positions, most podium finishes, most career points, most laps led.
In his Formula 1 career, Hamilton has won seven world titles a record shared with German driver Michael Schumacher.
Throughout his career in the grassroots categories, he won the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship (2003), Bahrain Superprix (2004), Formula 3 Euro Series Championship (2005), the Masters of Formula 3 Race (2005) and GP2 Series Championship (2006). Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver. Hamilton at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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