Hamilton: « McLaren can still win a race »

Martin Whitmarsh’s team has had a rather poor first half of the season. McLaren-Mercedes is ranked 6th in the constructors’ championship. Since the Spanish Grand Prix, spanning 4 races, no points have been scored by the Silver Arrows.

Lewis Hamilton is realistic: « I don’t have the best car, but we have to try to learn from our mistakes and improve. I would like to be better, but so far, the team cannot. »

A sense of disappointment can be detected in the words of the young Briton, but that’s not a reason to leave McLaren. On the contrary, Hamilton points out that he will stick to the years of his contract with his team.

The British driver Lewis Hamilton, who has secured only 9 points since the beginning of the season, with a fourth place as his best result of the year, has not lost his sense of competition and his desire to take on challenges.

« We are motivated, and we believe we can win. We still have a long way to go. The season is long, and we’re looking to get into the points, maybe even reach the podium, and why not win a race, » he said in Madrid where the world champion went to present a campaign against drinking and driving.

The Briton stated that the situation this year is completely different compared to last year. The 2008 season when Ron Dennis’s protégé reached the Grail.

Being in Spain, Lewis Hamilton refused to engage in a controversy regarding his relationship with his former teammate Fernando Alonso. In my career, there have been ups and downs. But during these three years, I have learned a lot and grown alongside Fernando [Alonso], Pedro [De la Rosa], and Heikki [Kovalainen].

The McLaren driver also praised the behavior of Fernando Alonso’s supporters in Madrid towards him.

Hamilton does not admit defeat, and that is what makes champions strong. Although the gap between the McLarens and the championship leaders is very large, it’s not a reason for the young Briton to give up… Now, the question on everyone’s lips is whether Lewis Hamilton will be able to lift the winner’s trophy again this year…