{"id":106281,"date":"2022-10-24T06:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T06:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hamilton-says-it-felt-amazing-to-lead-us-grand-prix-as-wait-for-victory-continues\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T06:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T06:17:02","slug":"hamilton-says-it-felt-amazing-to-lead-us-grand-prix-as-wait-for-victory-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hamilton-says-it-felt-amazing-to-lead-us-grand-prix-as-wait-for-victory-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton says ‘it felt amazing’ to lead US Grand Prix as wait for victory continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lewis Hamilton took a sensational podium and led nine laps on the way to his seventh podium of the season at the Circuit of The Americas\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mercedes may still be hunting their first win of the season, but, in Texas, they outscored Ferrari to close the gap in the constructors’ standings to 53 points. Hamilton started on the second row for the United States Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez were demoted with grid penalties.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Verstappen beats Hamilton to United States GP victory as Red Bull secure an emotional constructors’ title win<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I am shattered,\u201d said Hamilton after finishing second. \u201cThe car was a handful today. It felt amazing firstly to be in the lead. That is something we have been working so hard on as a team through the year and I felt so much hope, but it’s okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ll hold on to that, we’ll keep pushing and we’ll try and give it everything we have in the next three [Grands Prix]. It will come to us at some stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The seven-time champion finished second in Texas after pole-sitter Carlos Sainz retired on Lap 1. Hamilton took the lead after undercutting Max Verstappen, who had a slow second pit stop, but the Mercedes driver was soon passed by the Red Bull driver \u2013 who won the race while his team secured the constructors’ championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuge thank you to the crowd here, we have such an amazing crowd,\u201d said Hamilton. \u201cThis is the biggest crowd we’ve had here in the whole time we’ve been here. Secondly, I want to give a big shoutout to my team. We came here with upgrades, we closed the gap a little bit.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Pole-sitter Sainz says he ‘paid the price again’ after suffering sixth DNF of the season in United States Grand Prix start<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so, so close, I did everything I could to try and stay ahead [of Verstappen] but they were just a little bit too quick today. But great strategy, great race by Red Bull and again my condolences to the team,\u201d he said, after the passing of Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz.<\/p>\n

Having taken a five-second penalty for contact with Sainz at the start, Hamilton’s team mate George Russell finished fifth in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton took a sensational podium and led nine laps on the way to his seventh podium of the season at the Circuit of The Americas\u2026 Mercedes may still be hunting their first win of the season, but, in Texas, they outscored Ferrari to close the gap in the constructors’ standings to 53 points. Hamilton …<\/p>\n

Hamilton says ‘it felt amazing’ to lead US Grand Prix as wait for victory continues<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113176,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/verstappen-makes-f1-history-as-he-beats-hamilton-to-victory-in-mexico-for-14th-win-of-the-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":106281,"position":0},"title":"Verstappen makes F1 history as he beats Hamilton to victory in Mexico for 14th win of the season","date":"October 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Max Verstappen claimed his 14th victory of the 2022 season in the Mexico City Grand Prix, ahead of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez, after an intriguing strategic battle played out at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 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