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Lewis Hamilton says he is still not 100%, after he recovered from his bout with the “nasty virus”. However, he vows to ‘give it his all’ tomorrow.
Lewis Hamilton was cleared to compete in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the last minute, after a bout with COVID-19. Although he is fit to race, he says he still feels the effects of the virus.
“I don’t want to necessarily want to go into too much detail of it all,” said the Briton.
“But like I said already back in Australia, just how serious the virus is, and I can really feel for those who have suffered from it and those who have lost ones from it, I can understand how because it’s a nasty virus.
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“I’m not 100%. I still have some feeling within my lungs but nonetheless, normally I would drive if one of my arms was hanging off. That’s what we do as racing drivers and luckily that’s not the case.
“It definitely won’t be the easiest of races physically but I will manage and give it absolutely everything I have.
“One of the symptoms is that it really drains you. So I’ve been trying to sleep as much as I can but recharging is not as easy as it has been in the past.
“I lost a good amount of weight just in that week, so I’m not 100 per cent the same as I was the last time I raced, but it’s by no means going to get in the way of me coming out and giving it my all tomorrow,” concluded the seven-time champion.
