LEWIS HAMILTON reckons it could take his Mercedes team A YEAR to catch Max Verstappen’s speedy Red Bull. I’m just trying to make sure I stay consistent and I’m training quite a lot between races, and I’m the fittest I can be so that at some stage I do get the car that we’ve all been hoping for. “If that happens, whether that’s two or 10 or 20 races away, I want to make sure I’m ready for that day.”. Hamilton was quizzed on Piquet’s punishment and said: “Back when it happened I made comments on it. Hamilton says he will not speak to Michael Masi – the sacked Formula One race boss who cost him a record eighth world title.

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