Lewis Hamilton Ready For Second Half Charge

With the Summer break winding down, a rejuvenated Lewis Hamilton, who already has two race wins to his name in 2024, is thrilled at the prospect of battling Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari for more race wins to sign off his time with Mercedes in style…

‘It’s really fantastic, I think, for the sport, to be having such close teams and drivers. The pedigree of drivers at the top today are really elite and amazing.’

‘We didn’t expect to be competing with the McLarens or the Red Bulls at this point in the season, you know, with how we started off, so for us to now have closed up and be… It’s going to be one hell of a second half of the season, for sure.’

‘I mean, if we can continue this kind of performance as we’ve had the last few races, which has been fantastic… I think if we can start our weekends off a little bit better, hopefully we can continue.

‘I think, obviously, the McLaren was very strong [in Belgium], we were just a bit further ahead early on [in the race], but yeah, we’ve just got to keep pushing,’ said Hamilton.

Hamilton’s teammate George Russell is also feeling highly motivated to return to the cockpit at Zandvoort in just under two weeks, adding ‘I think for all of us, it’s been a difficult couple of years getting the car into a place where we can consistently fight for victories, but I’m so motivated, so excited for the second half of the season, which is ultimately building up towards 2025.’

‘When you look at the competition now, you know, there’s no reason why we can’t fight, and if the season started in Montreal, the championship standings would be looking very, very different.’

‘It’s going to be great. I think there’s so much motivation from all the other teams to get back to the front, from McLaren, from Ferrari, from ourselves, so for sure, it’s not going to be easy, and hopefully we see a good fight on our hands into next year.’