BARCELONA: Former world champion Lewis Hamilton revised his Formula One prospects last Sunday with a fighting comeback drive from 19th to fifth in Spain.
The seven-times world champion, whose Mercedes team mate George Russell finished third, said it all brought back memories of old and he felt a return to the top of the podium could be a possibility.
“A race like that is like a win. It actually feels better than a win when you’ve come from so far back and through so much adversity,” he said.
Mercedes, winners of the last eight constructors’ titles, have struggled with a bouncing car but performance upgrades have now put a spring in the step of their drivers.
The Briton is 64 points adrift of Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen, the winner on Sunday in a one-two with team mate Sergio Perez, but there are still 16 races to go.
Mercedes can now focus more on pushing performance than fixing problems.
“They experimented with something on George’s car that ultimately ended up being the better way to go in qualifying. Maybe in the next race I’ll take that,” said Hamilton.
