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Lewis Hamilton He intends to be “aggressive” in order to leave someone behind. Mexican He’s bidding to land his first podium in a Grand Prix ferrari,
The seven-time world champion achieved his best qualifying performance in a difficult debut season for the Scuderia and would finish third behind the pole-sitter. lando norris and teammate Charles Leclerc.
Norris secured a dominant pole, beating Leclerc by more than two tenths and leaving title rivals behind max verstappen and Oscar Piastri trailing in fifth and eighth respectively.
The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez boasts the longest race from pole to turn one braking point on the F1 calendar and third on the grid is a strong position to be able to slipstream the car forward.
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Hamilton plans to give everything on Sunday.
“I want to be racing tomorrow, I have nothing to lose and so does he (Norris),” Hamilton said.
“I’m sure we’ll be pretty aggressive and I’m hoping we’ll be close enough to put up a good fight.”
Ferrari have shown signs of improvement in recent races as they look to score a first win since last season – when Carlos Sainz won.
Leclerc and Hamilton were third and fourth in Austin last weekend and the 40-year-old believes he is finally coming to grips with his Ferrari.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. It feels fresh,” he said.
“Grateful to the team for their hard work and effort. The fact that we are continuing to improve, staying positive and it’s great to be here with both of them.”
“It’s a really difficult circuit, the grip is quite low because of the altitude. But our pace has been very good throughout the weekend.
“I’ve got the car in as good a place as I could. I’m very happy to be here.”
“I finally feel like I’m getting there so it’s good.”