Lewis Hamilton taking nothing for granted despite growing points lead
Lewis Hamilton has stressed he is taking nothing for granted in his push for a sixth Formula 1 drivers’ championship despi🌳te enjoying a 65-point lead with e☂ight races remaining.
Despite narrowly missing out on victory in Bel🧔gium on Sunday, Hamilton was still able to extend his points advantage over Mercedes teꩵammate Valtteri Bottas, as well as pulling a further 18 points clear of Max Verstappen after the Red Bull driver retired on the opening lap.

Lewis Hamilton has stressed he is taking nothing for grඣanted in his push for a sixth For🐽mula 1 drivers’ championship despite enjoying a 65-point lead with eight races remaining.
Despite narrowly missing out on victory in Belgium on Sunday, Hamilton was still able to extend his points advantage over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, as well as pu🥂lli🏅ng a further 18 points clear of Max Verstappen after the Red Bull driver retired on the opening lap.
Speaking ahead of the race at Spa, Hamilton explained how his bumper points lead was making no difference to his approach to each weekend, believing iꦺt was still possible for a number of drivers to catch and pass him in the standings.
“You have𝕴 to look at all the possibilities. Of course it’s still possible,” Hamilton said.
“It’s not a focus of mine, it’s not something I tℱry and worry myself about. It’s possible for Valtteri to win the title. I’ve just got to focus on trying to deliver each weekend.
“It doesn’t make any difference. I 𒅌know how much work I’ve got to do. If I don’t turn up this weekend or at the following one, if I don’t deliver in these next races, if I make mistakes, I could easily lose this championship.
“There are points available to turn the tables, so I just stay as focused as I have be♋en in the past, and really just come back into the second half like each ye🎃ar basically.”
Hamilton explained that while he spen🐽t much of the summer break resting and recharging ahead of the second half of the season, he also paid attention to some areas of weakness from the opening 12 races – eight of which he won.
“Most of the time it w✤as just about recharging and absorbing the good energy that was around me. I did a lot of reading, for example, and I’m in a space right now just trying to learn more,” Hamilton said.
“Otherwise I was just doing a little bit of… not dwelling on the negatives, but looking at some of the thiꦫngs that have gone wrong during the season, and figure out why they went wrong, and look at the races that are coming up.
“There are weaker races and stronger races, and how do you keep the weaker ones and still deliver on the weaker ones💯? Also w🎉e have a bit of a dialogue with the team, which we generally don’t have during the break, just trying to see what we can do to improve, whether it’s communication, whatever it may be.
“Even if it🍎’s arriving one minute earlier at a meeting, we’re just looking at all areas.”