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Hamilton said he was grateful for the points in Bahrain
As the Bahrain GP reiterated its winter concerns over the problems still lurking in W13 speed, Lewis Hamilton took an unexpected spot on the podium at Shakir and expressed his gratitude for those crucial points.
The aim of Lewis and the Bahrain Grand Prix champion in the opening race of this year’s Formula 1 was to limit the damage as much as possible until he was able to solve W13’s five or six different problems that identified by Hamilton.
One of those problems, and perhaps the most important, is the porpoise, which among other things forced Mercedes to make high-lift adjustments and thus lagged in Shakir’s straight lines in terminal speed.
The ‘damage reduction’ was unexpectedly good for Mercedes as it finished 3rd and 4th with Hamilton and George Russell after Max Ferstappen and Sergio Perez were let down with fuel pump problems on the two Red Bull RB18’s in the final laps of the Battle in the Middle East.
On the way back to the pits, Hamilton radioed his team: “Big, big work. Thank you for the hard work. “Reliability is so important, I really appreciate that.”
And when he got out of the car he said: “Many, many congratulations to Ferrari, it is so good that we can see that they are doing well again. It was such a difficult race, we struggled in free practice and that was the best we could do. It was very unlucky for the other two drivers, but we did what we could and we’re grateful for those points.
The children work very hard in the factory. I know we can’t turn the situation around quickly, but I feel like we’ve been the most cohesive team for so long. I know, everyone knows that. We have to keep our heads down, we have a long way to go.concluded the Brit.
Mercedes F1 CEO Toto Wolf said: “We just noticed that at the time RedBull, So third and fourth place are a great result. With the soft eraser, before it started to wear out, we were almost in breath-taking distance, not from Leclerc, but from the others. We tried to do something different with the hard tire but it was a second slower. “We’ve learned a lesson.”
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.