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Former F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is looking to end the season in style at next month’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
After a difficult start to the 2009 Formula 1 campaign, the 24-year-old McLaren Mercedes driver has been the most successful driver over the second half of the season.
And Herts-born Hamilton is hoping to crown his team’s resurgence with victory in the Middle East on Sunday.
Hamilton said: “We’ve had a fantastic second half of the season, and it would be perfect to end the year with a win.” Times 24
He may have had to surrender his hard-fought F1 Drivers’ World Championship crown to compatriot Jenson Button, but still Lewis Hamilton maintains that he has enjoyed a ‘fantastic year’ in 2009 – and now he is bidding to conclude it with what might well be the final KERS victory in Abu Dhabi, to get everyone at McLaren-Mercedes ‘fully motivated and pumped up’ for 2010.
“It’s been a fantastic year for me,” Hamilton enthused. “It’s been very tough and demanding at times, but I think I’m actually a very different person now than I was a year ago – and some of that comes directly and indirectly from being world champion. I think this year has helped me to understand and appreciate more the challenge and thrill of F1. I’d like to think I’m a more rounded individual as a result of my season, and I definitely think I’m a better driver.”
“We’ve had a fantastic second half of the season, and it would be perfect to end the year with a win,” the Stevenage-born ace underlined. “That would send us into the winter fully pumped up for 2010. The most important thing is that we can keep developing this performance and take it with us into next year, and I’m encouraged by our progress.”
“I’m still a fighter, and I still want to make sure that I keep my family and my friends and my team close to me. I’ll be fighting to take home a win in Abu Dhabi – that’s very important, because a victory there will keep us all buzzing for the winter, and that’s great for our motivation – and of course, I’ll be bringing the fight to the first race of next year. I’m already looking forward to it. It can’t come soon enough!”
“This exciting season is coming to its end with the very first race at the new track in Abu Dhabi,” mused the German. “This circuit defines the new state-of-the-art F1 race tracks, and I’m sure it will be a truly exciting and hard-fought race. After both world championships have been decided, every team that is in a position to do so will try to use the chance to win this prestigious final race of the season. Yahoo! Eurosport
