Mercedes currently occupy third place in the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: F1 2022 championship standings, 40 points behind Ferrari, and are ಞlooking to close out a difficult campaign on a hig🎉h note. 

The Silver Arrows have proved to be Red Bull’s nearest challenger in the last two rounds, with Hamilton forced to settle for second place behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in the United States and Mexico City.

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And the seven-time world champion is hopeful Mercedes can continue their recent resurgence to snatch runner-up s♔pot away from Ferrari come the chequꦇered flag in Abu Dhabi. 

“I know how important it is for the team back at the factory in terms of bonuses, especially with energy prices and rising costs in the UK,” Hamilton said ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sao Paulo Grand Prix. 

“It’s skyrocketed, so I know how impactful and impo🍌rtant that is for them and I know how hard we have dug deep to catch up, so it would﷽ be an amazing feeling if we could.

“Ferrari have had an amazing ca🍬r most of the year and most likely they will be back at the front this weekend. 

“It will be no easy feat to beat them but if we did it would be a pretty amazing comeba𝕴c🍌k and with that narrative it would send them into the winter knowing we mean business.”

Hamilton heads into the weekend in high spirits after being made an 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:honorary citizen of Brazil, though he downplayed the likelih༺ood of being able to repeat his stunning Interlagos victory from last year when asked to assess Mercedes’ chances. 

“Well, I don’t think this circuit and the next one [Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi] is going to suit our car like 🍎it did in the last race,” ✃he conceded. 

“I’m hoping I’m wrong, I’m hoping the engineers are wrong and I’m hoping the car is a lot bett💯er than we expect. 

“I’m going in with tꦆhat positivity, rather than it’s not going to be the e🌳asiest of weekends.