{"id":293931,"date":"2023-11-02T23:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T23:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293931"},"modified":"2023-11-02T23:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T23:24:05","slug":"mercedes-ace-lewis-hamilton-vows-to-end-42-race-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/mercedes-ace-lewis-hamilton-vows-to-end-42-race-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton vows to end 42-race drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lewis Hamilton vows to end 42-race drought as the Mercedes ace aims to take the fight to Red Bull in Brazil after gutsy displays in Austin and Mexico<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lewis Hamilton has not tasted victory since his Abu Dhabi triumph in 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mercedes have won once in that time, through George Russell in Brazil last year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hamilton is 20 points short of second-placed Sergio Perez with three races left<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton will not stand for a second winless season, with this weekend\u2019s Sao Paulo Grand Prix his best chance of making good on the pledge.<\/p>\n<p>It is 42 races without success for the seven-time world champion, dating back to Abu Dhabi 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then Mercedes have won just once, through\u00a0George Russell at this Interlagos track last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton is in fine form, producing gutsy displays in Austin and Mexico City, though he may need Red Bull\u2019s machine-like Max Verstappen to falter if he is going to scale the top step.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I came away empty-handed last year so I don\u2019t plan on that this year,\u2019 said Hamilton, who is 20 points short of second-placed Sergio Perez going into qualifying.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/20\/77338015-0-image-a-40_1698956019324.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has not tasted victory since Abu Dhabi in 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I anticipate Red Bill will blitz it because their car is great, but I will be ready to take the fight to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have been getting messages saying it is looking good. I say, \u201cWell, it was looking good at the end of last year, too, but we started the season 1.5 seconds behind\u201d. I am not dazzled by where we are.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen admitted it was uncertain who would partner him next year, the struggling Perez or Daniel Ricciardo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t mind,\u2019 he said. \u2018They are both good team-mates.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12704285\/Lewis-Hamilton-vows-end-42-race-drought-Mercedes-ace-aims-fight-Red-Bull-Brazil-gutsy-displays-Austin-Mexico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lewis Hamilton vows to end 42-race drought as the Mercedes ace aims to take the fight to Red Bull in Brazil after gutsy displays in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/mercedes-ace-lewis-hamilton-vows-to-end-42-race-drought\/\" title=\"Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton vows to end 42-race drought\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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