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Hamilton ‘definitely didn’t expect Bahrain podium’

by Phillip Horton
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Hamilton ‘definitely didn’t expect Bahrain podium’

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in parc ferme. Bahrain Grand Prix, Sunday 20th March 2022. Sakhir, Bahrain.

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Lewis Hamilton says a podium at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix was beyond his and Mercedes’ expectations amid struggles with its W13.

Hamilton was set for a lonely fifth, ahead of team-mate George Russell, until both Red Bull drivers suffered suspected fuel systems issues.

That elevated Hamilton up to third place to ensure he began his 2022 campaign with a podium result.

“I had a moment where I thought for a second that I was going to have a little bit of a battle with Carlos [Sainz] but it was only for five laps and then after that they were gone,” said Hamilton.

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“I definitely didn’t expect to be up here. Of course I woke up this morning and I was hopeful and we did everything we could, praying as hard as we could to get the best results, but ultimately it came down to just really hard work from the whole team both here and back at the factory.

“We have a lot of work to do. We have quite a big deficit in performance but this is a great start still.”

Hamilton praised Mercedes for its ongoing work in the aftermath of its result.

“I think incredibly motivating probably for the whole team,” he said. “Given that we have been faced with these challenges which we were not expecting, and but just no one’s been down during this phase where we’ve been struggling through practice.

“Everyone’s stayed positive, everyone’s just kept their head down and kept working. No one’s moaned.  And that’s great to see.

“And so whilst we don’t have the performance of these other guys, I think, in terms of our processes, in terms of squeezing absolutely everything out of the car, I think that’s what we did today and for both drivers, and I think that’s a true showing of strength within.”

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Comments 7

  1. User7182 says:
    3 years ago

    So #Blessed. #GodIsLove #BurnLootMurder

    Reply
  2. Konrad says:
    3 years ago

    Mercedes was very lucky today. Red Bull will not make that mistake again. Lewis and Russell have a slower car than Ferrari and Red Bull. Let hope Mercedes can correct this issue. If not it’s going to be a very long season. Was Mercedes sleeping while the other were sneaking up on them? I hope not.

    Reply
    • Ian C says:
      3 years ago

      Agreed, Red Bull’s problems seem like very easy fixes and will likely be taken care of before the next race. I’d much rather have component failures that only need minor tweaking than have a car that is fundamentally flawed as a whole, which seems to be the case at Mercedes (weak motor + bad aero).

      Reply
  3. MalcolmX says:
    3 years ago

    Still I Rise from

    # WS #Slavery # Racial Profiling #Police Brutality #Colonialism #NoDiversity #Great YT Hopes #Rigged Races #FakeChampions

    Raise the Black Fist Champ !!

    Reply
  4. User7182 says:
    3 years ago

    lmao, sing it Malcolm.

    It always cracks me up when BLMers, especially Hamilton, quotes Malcolm X on social media because they obviously know nothing about him. Malcolm X was not even close to being a liberal and would have hated these modern far-left movements. For example, he and the Nation of Islam had several (peaceful) meetings with and were working with the American Nazi Party on the Back-to-Africa Movement. Most quotes seen by him today are either fake or taken out of context to fit the posters narrative. By today’s standards, he would have been cancelled and labelled a “white supremacist” (yes liberals now actually call black people this when they don’t agree with far-left ideologies now lol), “Nazi sympathizer”, “anti-semite”, “terrorist” etc.

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    • jrcomo35713 says:
      3 years ago

      And what exactly do you know about Malcolm X. Just shut up with that guilded supremacist comment.

      Reply
    • MalcolmX says:
      3 years ago

      Well you know Malcolm X was a visionary
      Speaking to the base nature of YT which is a white supremacist there was actually a truce. The common goal was no race mixing and blacks having their own independent territory and independence from white rule.
      Now you as a YT should be rejoicing with this vision.

      Just think if this would have happened
      No police brutality, no whitewash of history,no racial profiling, no need for diversity, no Karens,no need for OscarsSoWhite protests. And for YT no Mandingos , no music but country, no blacks dominating sports, no OJ, no BLM and no Hamilton . The benefits.

      X saw the base nature of YT that there was no redemption, no rejection of racism so he found genially a common goal. Separate.

      So before you go lose yourself in the narrative that X was a bad man working with Nazis you should be sad just like me that nothing has changed in 400 plus years living amongst YT. Hamilton a biracial man identifies as black, condemns police brutality on blacks and his black heroes Mandela, MLK . Men who were choosing unity and peace with the oppressors. I prefer the words of Farrakhan in these times. So while BLM to you are terrorists I will sleep like a baby while white on white war is the big story in Europe. Explosions, bombs, missiles, dead bodies, refugees by the millions. White Lives Matter 😆😂

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