Hamilton: "This is what a World Championship battle should look like"

Lewis Hamilton drove to victory during the Brazilian Grand Prix, but it was not easy. The Briton stayed behind Max Verstappen for a long time and had difficulties to overtake him. The Brit admitted that himself In the press conference of the FIA.

The seven-time world champion started the race in tenth place, but managed to move into the top five at lightning speed. Once he had passed Sergio Perez he had only Verstappen in front of him. However, the Dutchman has shown himself to be a tough opponent more than once this season.

"It was very, very difficult to follow in the last sector and to get as good an exit as he did in Turn 12," Hamilton said after the race. "So I kept coming up the straight and it wasn’t that easy to be in his DRS. And even if I was in the DRS zone it was a bit too far away. But I just kept trying, just kept pushing. Obviously I had that one chance into Turn 4 but I couldn’t hold it."

Hamilton tried to learn from the earlier moments, which did eventually allow him to dominate Verstappen. "Then I saw I had that experience and just made sure that I didn’t make that mistake again, but I was adamant and determined to get back into that position. Yeah, it was fine. This is what a World Championship battle should look like."