Hamilton: "It’s incredible that we just continue to raise the bar"

Lewis Hamilton made history this year with the achievement of his seventh championship. Like Hamilton, Mercedes also won the seventh title. The Brit looks back on his season on the Mercedes Youtube channel. 

Hamilton has been driving for the Mercedes team for eight years. In these eight years, he has broken several records, individually and together with the team. He is asked what it is like to write history together with his team.

Hamilton grateful

"It’s my eighth year with the team. That’s the longest I’ve ever been with a team and it’s just incredible. It’s incredible that we just continue to raise the bar. And I’m just truly grateful for everyone who puts so much work into creating an opportunity for me to go out and display my ability and play my role and helping them succeed.”

"When I think about this year, I naturally think about how hard this year has been for so many people. So many lives lost, business shutting down. I can’t even imagine how deep it goes in terms of the bad impact that it’s has this year. I’m incredibly grateful and fortunate that we got to work. There have been positives to take from the year. The racing season was consistent, strong and records were broken.”

The 2020 season was logically dominated by the coronavirus pandemic. Mercedes even helped to make ventilators."I’m most proud of the team during the initial phase of the pandemic, they united and started to help the NHS and trying to save lives. For me that’s a huge accomplishment and a true sharing of real caring people,” concludes the current world champion.