“I feel better than ever”- Lewis Hamilton on his Belgian GP win at the age of 35; feels sorry for Max Verstappen

“I feel better than ever”- The Brit had an easy Belgian Grand Prix win, and announced he feels better than ever at the age of 35.

Reigning champion Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton strolled to a comfortable win at Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix. He never looked in any discomfort from start to finish and rounded up his fifth win of the season.

But, speaking after the race, he said he faced several tiny issues. The most significant of it was with the tyres, with flashbacks of the front-left failures from Silverstone earlier this season.

“It wasn’t the easiest race I’ve had. I’ve had several lock-ups as the tyre temperature slowly dropped. That was hard to deal with. I was pretty nervous that we were going to have a rerun of Silverstone, but it looks like the tyre is still good.”

Lewis Hamilton also conceded that this is not what fans want to see every weekend. But he wants Mercedes and himself to be focused on the job at hand. Worryingly for his rivals, he announced that he feels “better than ever” at the ripe age of 35.

“I don’t think this is what everyone wants to see every week, Mercedes in the front row. However, there is a great mentality at the factory, no one celebrates thereafter a victory, they are looking for improvements for the next race.”

“I’m 35 now, but I feel better than ever.”

Hamilton feels sorry for lone ranger Max Verstappen

Only Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has provided credible competition to Mercedes this season. He is, in fact, the only non-Mercedes race winner this season.

Verstappen is frustrated by it, as his teammate, Alexander Albon doesn’t seem to be up to speed with him. Had it not been for the Red Bull company’s Thai connections, Albon could have been demoted next season, if not this. Hamilton spoke about the situation at Red Bull, and how he feels for Max, also praising his teammate Valtteri Bottas in the process.

“What you have got to look at with the Red Bulls is that they do have a very good car. People downplay it but they have got a very strong car and Max is doing a great job with it.”

“Unfortunately both drivers aren’t there like me and Valtteri are there.”

The 2020 season in a nutshell:

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— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) August 30, 2020

“That makes it harder for them. I’ve experienced that myself many years ago when I was at McLaren and I was always at the front.” he further said.

Also read: “It would be nice to find the philosopher’s stone overnight”- Sebastian Vettel on Ferrari’s horrendous performance in Belgian GP 2020

“I didn’t have the team-mate backing up so you equally don’t get the constructors’ points but then you also can’t play strategy on the cars you are racing again.”

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