Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton said he was determined to deliver an eight-year-old Formula One Constructor Championship for Mercedes if he could not reach his own recording of the eighth Drivers this season.
The Briton is 19 points behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with four remaining races, including the Grand Prix Sao Paulo Sunday in Brazil.
“I realized that we were only one point in front of the constructor championship and that was the most important, really,” Hamilton told Sky Sports Television in Interlagos.
“I want to win the driver’s championship, of course.
But the team is very important, for the funds you get for development, for everyone who works back at the factory.” It’s not just about one person, this is about all that.
When it comes to teammates working together, that’s what we really need to get out together to get out above.
“Red Bull has cut Mercedes’s superiority in the standings, with Verstappen and his Mexican teammate, both on the internet podium in Mexico City last weekend.
Verstappen has won the last two races and pursues the 10th victory this season, to Lima Hamilton so far .
“Win at least one championship is the key,” If we can ‘.
“Don’t get the driver’s championship, I at least want to give a team and get the constructor, so that’s what I’m working on.
But it’s difficult.
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