Mercedes, Hamilton: “Most of the season I was faster than Nico”

After two days of partial silence, Lewis Hamilton returned to talk about the world defeat suffered during the last Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, underlining how Nico's victory came above all due to the many mechanical problems suffered by his W07 in the twenty-two rounds of the season Hybrid.

After Thursday's heavy declarations (you will know everything in my biography.ed), Hamilton returned to the attack via the BBC columns, explaining that he had never had a "reliable" vehicle in the fight against his teammate. Thoughtful accusations from the Englishman which certainly do not calm the atmosphere within Mercedes: the Englishman's race management, combined with the accusations launched by Toto Wolff at the end of the 55 laps of the Yas Marina Circuit, do not allow Brackey's Scuderia to close the championship in the best possible way.

Here are the words of Lewis Hamilton: “I think I did my best during the championship, especially from the breakdown in Malaysia to the Grand Prix on Sunday. The real problem lies in the reliability of my car and I'm not just talking about Sepang. Let's be clear, I have had a lot of problems this year while Nico has had a fairly quiet season. This allowed him to manage his car lead after the Japanese GP in the best possible way. He was very good, he did a fantastic job and deserves all the congratulations he deserves, but I am in this position above all for problems not arising from me”.

“I was faster for most of the year - He continued - especially towards the end of the championship, when I found myself in the position of having to attack. I did my best, but in the end certain things didn't depend solely and exclusively on me. I take the positives of this year and try to move forward. They will give me help from the next tests for 2017, but I'm certainly sorry."

Roberto Valenti