- Former champion reflects on another season of disappointment
- ‘We have higher targets than ever before,’ he tells the BBC
Lewis Hamilton has echoed the fears of his team principal Toto Wolff that Mercedes have a “massive gap to close” to topple Max Verstappen’s all-conquering Red Bull team next season.
Mercedes clung on to second place in the constructors’ championship by the skin of their teeth – and a £10m cash boost – as the Dutch driver ended the most dominant season in Formula One history with another victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Another title for Verstappen and another season playing catch-up had been a blow to his confidence, the seven-times world champion conceded in a frank interview with the BBC.