Lewis Hamilton content with Mexican GP P4 despite not having the ‘smoothest of weekends’

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton appeared pleased with his team’s efforts after a hard-fought P4 at the Mexican GP. Hamilton started the race in P6 but made swift moves to make the most out of a difficult weekend. Lewis Hamilton has not had a very fruitful season so far.

He has nevertheless won twice and secured four podiums for the Silver Arrows. Hamilton has especially struggled to find pace in qualifying sessions despite showing promise in most practice sessions this season. The 39-year-old was therefore satisfied having made increments to his starting position in Mexico.



He applauded his team for their resilience and brilliance during the 71-lap race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Yeah, great job guys. Not the smoothest of weekends, but started to come together a little bit in that second phase.

Let’s keep pushing. Great job on the pitstop. Sir Lewis Hamilton to his team after the finish line – "Yeah, great job guys.

Not the smoothest of weekends, but started to come together a little bit in that second phase. Let's keep pushing. Great job on the pitstop" #F1 || #MexicoGP Hamilton departs for Ferrari at the end of this season, bringing a glorious era with Mercedes to a close.

His focus will now be to maximize the performances in order to bid farewell to the Brackley-based team on a high. Lewis Hamilton reveals confusing details about W15 post-Mexico GP qualifying Mercedes’ W15 has been the bane of the team’s performance for the better part of the season. Lewis Hamilton has since shared his thoughts after yet again failing to qualify on the front row this season.

The car felt good in FP3, [before] qualifying I didn’t change anything, then in qualifying it completely turns on its head. It’s definitely a frustrating qualifying session but that’s every qualifying session I’ve had this year. Hamilton claimed that his W15 felt proper in terms of performance in FP3 but was back to being hindering in qualifying.

He feels that this sudden shift has been unexplainable throughout the qualifying sessions this year. Despite his shortfalls, Hamilton has fought tooth and nail to notch maximum points for this team. His efforts will however need greater fuel, which would mean for his team to fix the issues of the W15 from here on.

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