Hamilton moved to just e🌸ight points behind title rival Max Verstappen after winning the Qatar Grand Pri🃏x last time out.

With Hamilton winning the last tw𓂃o consecutive races, the momentum is on his side with the high-speed ꦇJeddah circuit in Saudi Arabia expected to play into Mercedes’ strengths. 

After suffer🌳ing from coronavi💦rus at the end of 2020, Hamilton feels that he’s back to his physical best.

“It feels good,” Hamilton said after his win at the Losail Internatiཧonal City. “I am really, really happy with the car. I feel fit, fitter than I ever felt so that’s a positive. 

“A big, big thanks to Angeꦅ [Angela Cullen], she’s helping me train and keeping me on my toes, recovery has been great so bring on the next two!”

Hamilton admitted later on that at the beginning of the season he didn’t feel particularly well, hinting at the linge﷽ring effects of coronavirus.

“As I said, I feel great,” 🔜he added. “I feel in the best shape physically that I’ve been in all year. 

“So just feel… obviously at the beginning, not particularly that well, so yeah, I feel great, the car is feeling better than ever, and I feel positive going into these next couple of races. I think they should be quite good for our car, so I'm l𓂃ooking forward to that battle.”

Mercedes’ trackside engineering chief Andrew Shovlin heaped praise on Hamilton for his run of performances🅷, particularly at Interlagos.

“I think Brazil was the best race I’ve ever seen him race, qualifying that lap was unbelievable when you think how close red bull have been to us, today he had the race under control start to finish so he actually didn♐’t have to work as hard as we thought we might have had to,” Shovlin explained. 

“But Lewis knows what needs to be dꦿone to win these championships, the team 🧔knows what needs to be done, and we’re all just getting on and doing it. But having him in the car is just a huge boost to our confidence.”