It was one of those good Hamilton races that you don’t wear, because you don’t win them, but the talent of the seven-time champion shines under adverse conditions. The 36-year-old Englishman put up a battle to Verstappen until the third stint, when he dedicated himself to looking for the fastest lap that would save him a point in the general classification. He gives up the lead, but Mercedes will be strong at Monza. Sir Lewis, a regular in Amsterdam, enjoyed Zandvoort.
“Congratulations to Max, you did a better job and were faster, There’s not much he could do looking at the lap times he did from the start. He was managing the race, the team had to make it perfect just to have the opportunity to try to dispute the position by strategy. But pit-stop, strategy and traffic need to be on point and none of those three items were ideally managed today. Max had been gone since departure, there is nothing we could do. They have taken a big step forward with the engine, they have improved in general enormously, “he explained.
About the fans: “It was crazy, The people from the British GP are my favorite, but the energy here has been brutal. We need this environment in other races. “ As for the Italian GP, next Sunday: “I don’t know how it will go. As I said, they have improved with evolutions in recent races. It is a circuit with low downforce and we may be closer there, but it will be difficult. “