Looking back at what happened in Melbourne, Hamilton agreed it was maybe his best performance in Formula One so far, as it clearly showed everything is achievable if you don't give up. And, considering the low place McLaren find themselves at right now (in terms of car's performance), this could provide a huge confidence boost ahead of the Malaysian GP this weekend.
“It was one of the most unexpected results of my Formula 1 career and, yeah, I think it was one of my best drives too. I'm a fighter, I've never given up at any stage of my motorsport career - both on and off the track - and last weekend was the same. I pushed like crazy on every single lap of the race, always looked for the gap and worked with the team over the radio to find every possible way of making us go quicker,” admitted Hamilton, according to autosport.com.
“This was a fantastic result for me, but also a brilliant team effort - our strategy was perfect, the input from the pitwall was superb and everything came together really well. On paper, the result may not look as strong as our victories, but to come from 18th on the grid to finish third, in a car that we admit is not as good as it should be, is a mega achievement,” added the McLaren driver.
However, Hamilton reckoned the Malaysian weekend will be much tougher for McLaren, as the Sepang circuit is much more technical than the one at Albert Park. Over-night changes/improvements are highly unlikely, especially since the next race will happen only one week away from the Aussie GP.
“Technically speaking, Sepang is a harder test of a Formula 1 car than Albert Park, so we can't realistically expect a repeat of the result we saw in Melbourne. But we're targeting upgrades and improvements at every race, so I hope they'll have a benefit. I know people are hoping for a night-and-day change in our car's pace, but that's not going to happen this coming weekend,” concluded Hamilton.
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