“Once I got off the cliff, I didn’t go anywhere”

Hamilton and Ocon had the toughest fight in 40 minutes of the last race of the Japanese Grand Prix, On wet asphalt and in very complex visibility conditions. It was strange to find hours after the race both drivers congratulating each other. “What a good time. Next time I’ll hit you, Sir Lewis joked, He smiles, hugging Esteban (who was a Mercedes backup in 2019). “I think we are the two who had the best time,” Lewis added. “Exactly, both,” the French closed.

Later, the British champion expanded seven times: “He was so much fun, so much, he did a great job to be in front of me. He was very fast on the strait of course. I don’t know how others saw it. I’ve tried everything, but we’ve been incredibly slow on the strait all weekend. Once I got off the cliff, I didn’t go anywhere.” It was a rough day, with rain and a change of asphalt, although Hamilton celebrated testing conditions and there was a race, although there was “more ‘drizzle’ with cars this year” due to the ground effect of the regulations.

Okun commented in this regard on his defense: “It was very difficult, I was looking in the rearview mirror more than the front in the race. We knew it would be difficult to keep Mercedes at the back but we did. It looks like it’s going to be a pointless race, because we didn’t start, but in the end we scored a lot of points. I was running a lot at first, but with Lewis behind me, it’s not like that anymore. We have a lot to review to see where this improvement is coming from.”

“It was normal, normal. Five minutes before I thought that wouldn’t be possible. But the medical and safety drivers know the conditions we need,” the Frenchman commented on the condition of the track: “I saw the tractor, it was going very slowly because it was fourth but the visibility was not bad. But I can only imagine what it was like for those in the back. This can’t be allowed, we’ve lost a lot of friends. The FIA ​​did a good job judging the conditions, we couldn’t see the start but used the right window to restart the race. Hamilton declined to comment on the tractor accident.