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Lewis Hamilton 'ready to attack' and promises better season than 2018

Lewis Hamilton 'ready to attack' and promises better season than 2018

13-02-2019 11:43

Lewis Hamilton is fully charged for the new Formula 1 season. According to the Brit, the 2019 F1 season is going to be even better than the last one as he commented during the launch at Silverstone!

Last season, Hamilton became of five-time world champion winning 11 out of 21 races. During the winter, Hamilton was surfing, sky diving and skiing, but he's confident he's arriving refreshed in the Mercedes garage.

“2018 was a great year, but I feel like 2019 can be even better. I want to achieve more, I want to continue to keep pushing. I feel energised and I am ready to attack," he told the Guardian.

“I’m really looking forward to the next step of our journey together with Mercedes and embarking on what’s not been done before.”

Toto Wolff, boss at Mercedes was also confident Hamilton is refreshed and ready to go in 2019. The champion has just a month until the first race of the season, a race in which rival Sebastian Vettel won.

“When we met after the winter break, Lewis was refreshed. He’s extremely hungry and wants to start racing again," Wolff said.