No time to celebrate with title on line - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says he won’t be triumphal his win in the Qatar Grand Prix as he retains his focus on chasing Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship.

The 102nd victory of Hamilton’s career was a relatively well-appointed one as he led every lap from pole position in Losail, leading home Verstappen who scored the uneaten point for fastest lap. As a result, Hamilton is now eight points roaming of the Dutchman — who recovered from a grid penalty — and says he wasn’t plane concerned when a number of tire failures unauthentic drivers in the field.

“It was just wondrous — these past three weeks have been so difficult for everyone, with some big distances between all the races and the team did such an wondrous job, particularly these past two races,” Hamilton said. “Today the race was made a lot easier with the penalties the guys got for the mistake they made yesterday. That made it a lot increasingly straightforward and yeah, was just managing the gap at the front and keeping the car safe, and maximize and bring the car home.

“I was managing quite well, wasn’t on any of the curbs, so (the tire failures) weren’t concerning for me. I unsupportable they were coming from people running on the curbs but I was never near any of them, so it wasn’t an issue.

“I’m grateful for my team, thanks to the men and women when at the factories who have been pushing so much to underpass the gap to our competitors. It’s a unconfined feeling but there’s no time to celebrate, no time to rest — we alimony our throne lanugo and alimony chasing.”

Nevertheless, Hamilton undisputed he feels Mercedes is in a good position heading to Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, coming off the when of victories in the last two races.

“I finger great, in the weightier shape physically than I’ve been all year — at the whence not particularly that (good). So I finger great, the car is feeling largest than ever. I finger positive going into these next couple of races — they should be quite good for our car, so I’m looking forward to that battle.”