Lewis Hamilton Proud Of Mercedes Team After Bouncing Back

Lewis Hamilton said he felt « incredibly proud » of his Mercedes team on Sunday after bouncing back from his disqualification in Texas to finish a strong second in the Mexico Grand Prix. Seven days after that disappointment at the United States Grand Prix, where Hamilton came home 2.2 seconds behind Red Bull’s tree-time champion Max Verstappen, he repeated the result at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. « Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that today, » he said. « And it’s a great feeling to be putting one foot in front of the other and progressing.

« Last weekend, we hit the ground running, but this time we had to dig deep to get the set-up right and we did a great job to progress so well in early phases of the race and then to charge for a podium and second place is amazing.

« I am very happy and I am incredibly proud of my team and I have total faith in them. I know we have great engineers and we can build a great car even if we haven’t done that for a couple of years.

« So we need to be strategic and clinical if we are to battle those guys (Red Bull) as they are so quick on the straight but I am sure we can have a car to match them and then we will have great battles next year. »

His Mercedes team-mate George Russell came home a disappointed sixth and said his car had over-heated.

« The last 20 laps were terrible. My brakes over-heated and I had to back off. I lost temperature in the tyres and then it was like driving on ice and in the end I was lucky to finish P6. I hope it’s more consistent in Brazil. »

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