Lewis Hamilton: 2019 is my strongest season so far

Lewis Hamilton si is in the last race in Austin provided his sixth title. In the past 13 seasons he no doubt had something in between extremely strong championships. Asked if she was this year his best, the Briton replied confidently: “Definitely. There was continuous improvement last year, this year as well. However, I tried to start the season the way I finished last year,”He explained Hamilton, which he had this year the best start to the season in his career. At first eight races he won six wins and was twice second. With that, he laid the foundation for his sixth title, which he confirmed two races before the end.

Lewis Hamilton points out that this year's season was his strongest so far, but he still sees potential for improvement - Photo: Hasan Bratić

In addition Hamilton located this year before a new record in the number of points scored. This one is from 2018, when the Briton won 408 points. He has them at the moment 381, which means he should have won the last two races 28 pointsto break that record of his own. In front of forms, showing it this season, this is definitely achievable. On 19 races this year's championship only three times did not stand on stage for the winners.

He was not spectacular in qualifying, but constant

The only "weak point" of Hamilton this season was the qualifications, as he won "only" the four best starting places, but in this segment he was very constant - Photo: Hasan Bratić

If you were looking now hair in the soup, then we could only mention qualifications. It's this year Hamilton won “only” so far four best starting places, he had fewer years 2011. And from the season 2015 onwards Hamilton always won the least eleven pole positions per season. But he himself does not look at this situation that way negative. "I was very consistent in qualifying. Maybe there weren’t any spectacular pole positions in this, like last year, but I was always in the first or second starting row.“Hamilton is in Austin for the first time this season race started from third starting rows. In addition, this year not once was he out of the top ten, the worst was ninth in a chaotic race Hockenheim.

Hamilton: There is still room for improvement

His worst race this year was the chaotic Hockenheim, where he took ninth place, and he inherited this due to the disqualification of both Alfa Romeo cars - Photo: Hasan Bratić

"But I'm going to apologize for this race in Germany because I wasn't 100 percent,”Reminds me of my illness. “I think this year was definitely the best.”And Hamilton even sees the future potential for improvement. "I'm working on a masterpiece and I haven't finished it yet,”Describes his goal. “There are still pieces of the puzzle that are missing. There will be ups and downs on the way to this masterpiece. However, I have a feeling that I now have the best tool to deal with this," so Hamilton, which may reach another this year the best personal brand. He has two races before the end ten wins in the 2019 season. He has not won more than eleven a year so far.

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