Hamilton continued his fine form in F1 2023 with another podium appearance, finishing just over 13 seconds behind race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

The seven-time world champion is now just 20 points behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez in the battle for second-place in the ch🃏ampionship.

Speaking after the race, Button - who was Hamilton’s teammate at McLaren for three seasons between 2010 and 2012 - noticed a sh𓆉ift in mentality from the 38-year-old🧜.

“It’s great to see Lewis so upbeat,” he said. “He go🌞t out of the car, jumped to his 𒐪mechanics.

“Lewis finishing second used to be a thing wherღe he was disappointed.

“He can see progress, especially after last weekend’s disqualificati🔯on. This is a big deal to him. 

“Also, to keep those tꦰyres working until the enꩵd of the race.

“For George? It’s tricky. Your teammate is second and you’re sixth. It’s tough, it really is🅰.”

Ex-IndyCar Danica Patrick believes Merced꧂es’ progres𝓀s is the reason why Hamilton is so positive.

“I think they are both realising that the progress is there,” she🐈 added. “They need to find consistency of the speed, [with] the pote𝓡ntial that they have. 

“I feel like they’re both confident enough tha♏t they can start racing for wins.”