Lewis Hamilton on "physically and mentally" tough race

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17:56, 02 May 2021

Lewis Hamilton has won the third Grand Prix of the season. During the race in Portugal, the British driver actually had the upper hand all the time, even though he dropped back to third place after the restart. Hamilton says he is happy to have extended his lead in the world championship over Max Verstappen.

"That was such a tough race. Physically and mentally, to take it all in," Hamilton began in the post-race interview. "It was blowing hard and it was easy to make a mistake. I didn't have a good start and Valtteri crashed out on the restart and that wasn't good. I was not happy."

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Hamilton continued, looking back on his overtaking: "Max made the mistake at one point and I knew I could get close to him."

Valtteri Bottas also had to give way, allowing Hamilton to take the lead in the race: "Then I could just catch Valtteri in Turn 1. Today not everything was perfect."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Lewis Hamilton on "physically and mentally" tough race

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