Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc received a letter from Lewis Hamilton after French GP podium: He sad……
Lewis Hamilton sent a message to rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc after the Brit secured his best finish of the season at the French Grand Prix. The 37-year-old believes that Mercedes can challenge Red Bull and Ferrari in the next race at the Hungarian Grand Prix as they have the pace to match the top two teams.
“That was a tough race because my drinks bottle didn’t work!” Hamilton said as he revealed he could have lost three kilograms during the race. The Brit went on to praise his team for the work they did. He added: “Reliability is the one thing we’ve been amazing at, George [Russell] did an amazing job as well!
“I’m looking forward to downing this drink! Super excited to see the crowd there [in Budapest], it’s going to be hard to beat the Ferraris and Red Bulls but you see in the race we have the pace.”
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Hamilton collapsed to the floor in the cool-down room after the race as he struggled without his drinks bottle, but managed to keep his cool enough to secure second place behind Verstappen.
After finishing the race Hamilton took to his team radio to thank his team and praise his team-mate. “Great jobs guys,” Hamilton said. “That’s an incredible result, shows what an incredible job we are doing. Well done George.
