Hamilton’s title streak that only Nico Rosberg was able to stop momentarily in 2016 suffered a new break, this time with Max Verstappen as the protagonist, but the #44 assures that his rest will serve to come back stronger than ever.
In 2022, Lewis Hamilton will face his 16th season in the queen category of motorsport uninterruptedly, a whole sporting career that began in 2007 with lights and shadows that served him to mature at a forced pace and win his first world championship title just a year later.
At 37 years old, #44 will be the second oldest driver on the grid, just behind a Fernando Alonso who recently changed digits. After spending 56 days away from the premier class of motorsport in which F1 was “definitely the last thing he wanted to talk to anyone about”, the Briton reappeared.
The end of the season in Abu Dhabi marked a before and after for him and, although Toto Wolff was in charge of propagating the rumor that his pupil had flirted with saying goodbye to Formula 1, Hamilton himself denied his team leader, assuring that “I never thought of retiring.”
The mysticism de Hamilton leads him to think differently from other drivers, constantly questioning how to act at all times. «I talk about these things with my father, because it is something that we started together, but we do not touch the subject. In general, it was more Live the present, to create memories. In life sometimes we focus too much on certain things like work and forget to do something like that. It was the best time I’ve ever spent with my family,” he explained.
renewed energies
“Naturally, at the end of each season, of course you think about the future, as probably happens to those who are about my age» Hamilton continued.
Despite having experienced such a hard setback, being stripped of what would have meant the eighth title in his professional record on the last lap of the last race of the yearHamilton confesses that his inner reflections have made him stronger than ever.
«I always evaluate all my options; […] I committed to the team at the beginning of the season, deep down I love what I do»
“You think about what the next steps are, the right steps, what’s right for you in terms of overall happiness. I always evaluate all my options. However, I committed to the team at the beginning of the season, and deep down I love what I do. I love being part of the team, working with everyone towards a common goal, I have repeated this many times », he added.
“I feel like I’m at my best, so… why retire? There are many ways to refocus, and I’d say this winter is one of the best I’ve ever experienced, so I feel fresher than ever.”
Source: autosport