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Lewis Hamilton

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Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver and a multiple-time Formula 1 World Champion.

Notable Quotes

"Congrats to Kimi. A mega, mega job."
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"Congrats to Kimi. Mega, mega job. Having your first pole here is so special."
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"feels like I'm reminding people who I am"
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""So it's a completely different track. Maybe we will still get to enjoy it where you're not power-limited, but the best parts of the track are Copse and Becketts and Stowe and in those parts the power is just dropping.""
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"Wow. OK. I like it. I love this place. I love this crowd. I can't express to you how big a dream it is, and the flow you can get into around this place if you can get the set-up in the right place."
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"I am really pleased to get pole. It was only 10 milliseconds or something like that and the team really deserve it."
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"Tough race to keep the Mercedes behind, as I said it might be. And with it being so windy today, big headwind down the back straight, he came flying past."
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"Of course I'm not satisfied. I'm third. Both these guys did a great job today."
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"I clearly had the car to be on pole today, and I just didn't deliver. So that's tough to swallow."
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"Ultimately, the last three races have been pretty bad from my side."
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"That's how racing should be. It should be back and forth, back and forth."
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"Great way of wasting time, guys. Great job."
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"I'm here to win and I think this team can win."
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"The one thing I'm definitely really proud of the team for bringing an upgrade here this weekend."
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"This is a step forward. It is not the whole amount we need but we knew that was the case. I strongly believe we have what it takes to win."
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""It's far too late for those decisions to come. It's too late. All I can do is just try and turn up. I'll get up tomorrow morning and I'll give it my best.""
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"What's great is that there was no shying away from having a discussion. We sat face to face, just him and I, and talked about it."
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"We are here to work with them, we don’t want to be slagging our sport. We want the sport to succeed so we need to be working together."
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"He's doing a fantastic job."
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"It's so hot here. That's made it a massive challenge for the cars, the tyres, the mechanics in the garage. Because the tyres are sliding, it's so hard to find a good balance and we made one change and we finally hit the sweet spot."
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