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Lewis Hamilton says he needs to “be finishing both races and getting these points”, but it’s “tough to do so with these circumstances”.
After the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton explained the circumstances that led to him hitting the back of Max Verstappen’s car.
The Dutch driver at the time was instructed to let Lewis Hamilton pass him, because of an earlier incident, but he tried to play “tactics”.
“There were two scenarios, one it wasn’t clear and two I didn’t get the information,” Lewis said.
“Then it became apparent that he was trying to let me past, which I guess he had been asked to do, but before the DRS zone.
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“That meant he would’ve DRS’d back past, follow me through the last corner and then DRS me into Turn 1. So that was a tactic.
“But the worst part was just the steep, heavy braking that then happened at one point, which is when we collided. That was the dangerous part.
“I felt grateful that I didn’t take us both out. For me, I need to be finishing both races and getting these points. It’s tough to do so with these circumstances.
“But yeah, I managed to keep the car in one piece,” the seven-time champion concluded.
