lewis hamilton and Mercedes are far from the best. Red Bull is unreachable… at least for now. And Mercedes is not the closest team. It’s Aston Martin with a Fernando Alonso who has been on the podium in three of four races.
Despite the fact that Hamilton is fourth in the drivers’ championship, twelve points behind Alonso and far behind max verstappenhis ex-partner Valtteri Bottas he believes that he is still “the fastest driver” on the entire grid.
This was stated in the official Formula 1 podcast: “Lewis is the fastest teammate I’ve ever had and I think he’s still the fastest driver on the entire grid, above Max and Charles, for me it is at the top. He is very talented, but above all, he works very hard, much harder than people think.”
“He has a very large performance base and is very consistent. He is a really tough driver to beat and when I was ahead of him I could always consider it a good day for me,” says the Alfa Romeo driver.
And he highlights the friendship that both maintain even though they no longer share a team: “Even though we are no longer teammates, we have a good relationshipwe traveled to some races together and had a good time together.”
His new life away from Mercedes
Bottas acknowledges that he has been released without pressure from Mercedes. “I have found a great balance in my life, now I enjoy many things outside of racing…”, says the Finnish pilot.
“People shouldn’t think that I don’t take Formula 1 seriously. I’m not just going to have fun, I’m still working very hard with the team and my dream is still to win races again. What I do do is make more use of my free time. “, has sentenced the former driver of the Mercedes team.
