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And here’s Hamilton after his 165th podium finish: “You can’t win them all. Considering the past couple of weeks I’ve had I’m really genuinely happy with that. I was not perhaps 100% – congrats to Max that was a really hard race physically for me, and a big big thankyou to the team for their continue support – it’s still fantastic to get two podium places here.
“Physically [after having Covid] I don’t think I’ve ever been so blown, my body was not great but I didn’t think any time last week I’d be here so I’m just truly grateful to be alive and here. Looking forward to getting back to training.
Verstappen speaks: “It was really enjoyable hyesterday and today – we had a good start and today it was about looking after the car and we had a really good balance. You can control the race abit more when you start out front.” As for his late tyre concerns, he says: “I saw they were dropping off behind me too so could take it a bit easier, it was just a very strong race for the tgeam. I’m going to enjoy the poduum then enjoy going home.”
Bottas is next up: “Red Bull was too quick today – surprisingly quick and they could control the race. I tried but couldn’t keep up with them. I had a solid race but couldn’t get more out of the package we had today. It’s been a while since I’ve been on the podium so will enoy that. The team has been amazing this year so am really proud we got a 1-2 in the drivers’ championship – I’m really proud of all of them.”
Written by Tom Davies
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/dec/13/abu-dhabi-grand-prix-formula-one-max-verstappen-lewis-hamilton-live under the title “F1: 2020 season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
