Formula One: Lewis Hamilton starts believing in luck and refuses to give up hope for the championship
The past poor races of the McLaren driver, Lewis Hamilton has forced him to rethink about his belief that one makes his luck himself.
Now as he returned after the gloomy weekend in Japan, the driver talked to the press saying, that it was funny yet true that the incidents of the past few races have made him change his beliefs. He had always thought that one makes his own luck but that
belief has been shaken badly now due to the poor incidents of the last four Grand Prix’s.
The distressed driver said that he has always loved racing and once on the track, he gives out all he has, as good as he can, never leaving anything on luck, and his approach has paid him well all through his life. However, now he believes that every season
and every race teaches new lessons and this season gave him its own share. He said that he has gained a good amount of knowledge out of the poor incidents of this season, which he thinks would be of good use to him in the future.
This year is not one of the common seasons where the battle is between two top racers or like last year, when Jenson Button won a reasonable number of races right at the start of the season that his championship was confirmed, even before the middle of the
season.
On the other hand, this year has been filled with surprises and uncertainties all through the past sixteen races and the next three rounds are now a battle of consistency as every single point is going to make a difference.
As the British driver talked to the media revealing his fears and aspirations for the last three races to be held in South Korea, Brazil and the last one in Abu Dhabi he said, "Finally, I was pleased with the pace we showed during the race. Jenson set
the second-fastest lap, and, before my gearbox problem, I was closing down on Fernando (Alonso) and could even have made it onto the podium despite a five-place grid penalty.”
Both the team drivers met drastic accidents at the first practice on Friday, which left their cars in the garages to keep the mechanics busy for the rest of the day. Moreover, the heavy rainfall of Saturday morning halted the teams from having the third
practice or the qualifying due to which McLaren had not been able to test their recent updates. The calamities did not end here for the British driver, as he faced a 5-place grid penalty after changing his gear box and then the ear infection of the final race
day added to his troubles.
Now as he returned from the Suzuka track he exclaimed, "Given that we weren't racing all the updates we'd brought to Japan with us, I think that gives us a lot of encouragement for Korea and beyond."
As only three more races are left for the season and the 25 year old driver stands 28 points adrift the charts’ topper, he admits that the World Championship has become very tough for him. Yet, he insists that still it is not impossible. A similar situation
was seen in 2007, when Kimi Raikkonen won the championship. The top two drivers Hamilton and Fernando Alonso went for the final race with 107 and 103 points respectively, while Raikkonen was on 100. With this situation, it was believed that even Raikkonen’s
victory would not have mattered as Alonso just needed 2nd place, while Hamilton 6th for the championship. However, as the day ended it was simply unbelievable, Alonso finished 3rd, Hamilton stood 7th while Raikkonen
won championship.
Recalling the event now, the determined driver concluded saying, “I've learnt on more than one occasion that the world championship isn't won until the very last gasp - so I've definitely not given up.”
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