Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton WHAT CHAMPIONS ARE MADE UP OF in loss

Formula 1: COOL & COMPOSED Lewis Hamilton – Imola GP – It’s not always about winning but being humble in loss and the ability to fight back. Formula 1 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton might be hurting from inside after finishing 13th but didn’t show any signs of it in the latest loss in Imola GP. Instead, he led by example by motivating his team Mercedes and boss Toto Wolff with an extraordinary reply to an apology. Follow all the Formula 1 latest updates on InsideSport.IN

Formula 1: COOL & COMPOSED Lewis Hamilton shares brilliant gesture, shows WHAT CHAMPIONS ARE MADE UP OF after Imola GP loss- check out

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POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING RBPT	63	1:32:07.986	26
2	11	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING RBPT	63	+16.527s	18
3	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN MERCEDES	63	+34.834s	15
4	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	63	+42.506s	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	63	+43.181s	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	63	+56.072s	8
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	ALPHATAURI RBPT	63	+61.110s	6
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	63	+70.892s	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	63	+75.260s	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	62	+1 lap	1
11	23	Alexander Albon	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	62	+1 lap	0
12	10	Pierre Gasly	ALPHATAURI RBPT	62	+1 lap	0
13	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	62	+1 lap	0
14	31	Esteban Ocon	ALPINE RENAULT	62	+1 lap	0
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	62	+1 lap	0
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	62	+1 lap	0
17	47	Mick Schumacher	HAAS FERRARI	62	+1 lap	0
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	MCLAREN MERCEDES	62	+1 lap	0
NC	14	Fernando Alonso	ALPINE RENAULT	6	DNF	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	0	DNF	0

“We are not good enough for a world champion — and we just need to fix the car. I am sorry for what you had to drive today. I know it was undriveable. This was a terrible race,” said Wolff as Hamilton finished out of the Top 10 in Imola GP.

Lewis Hamilton’s reply:

“No worries, Toto. Just keep working hard.”

Hamilton’s most humbling moment in a desultory race came when he was lapped by Verstappen who enjoyed an easy pass for the race-leading Red Bull.

Sunday’s result was one of Hamilton’s worst since he joined Mercedes. His only previous pointless finish came at last year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix where he was 15th.

His previous worst run of results came in 2009 when he struggled in an uncompetitive McLaren and registered his worst finish of 18th at the German Grand Prix.

Hamilton was at a loss. “It’s been difficult, but I don’t really know what to say,” he said.

“It’s definitely not easy and we all feel it as a team. At least George got some points so my apologies to everyone (that) I wasn’t able to do the same.

“I just wasn’t fast enough to overtake and I don’t really know why. I just wasn’t moving forwards. I was just a bit of a sitting duck.”

Hamilton said he had experienced worse times in his career. “I’ve definitely had lower moments so it’s not the lowest, for sure,” he said.

“Everyone’s feeling it and everyone’s just head down trying their best. There’s no-one that’s giving up and everyone’s just trying to move it forward as fast as they can.

Formula 1: COOL & COMPOSED Lewis Hamilton shares brilliant gesture, shows WHAT CHAMPIONS ARE MADE UP OF after Imola GP loss- check out

Mercedes are now third in the constructors standings with Russell having contributed 49 of their 77 points.

“Lewis is going to come back incredibly strong, I have no doubt,” said Russell.

“He’s definitely going to be pushing me all the way. I think it’s just how things fall out sometimes in a race weekend. I made a very strong start — I don’t know what happened to him at the start.

“But I expect him to come back so strong. The way he is pushing and motivating the team is inspiring. I’m not getting comfortable with this position, because I know what he’s capable of.”

However, Lewis Hamiton accepted the fact that it’s getting challenging for him in his bid for a record 8th world championship title.

“I’m out of the championship, for sure,” said the Mercedes driver. “There is no question about that. But I’ll still keep working as hard as I can, to try and pull it back together somehow.”

Max Verstappen won the race ahead of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez to trim Charles Leclerc’s lead in the title race to 27 points with Lando Norris finishing third for McLaren.

FORMULA 1 DRIVER STANDINGS

POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	CAR	PTS
1	Charles Leclerc	MON	FERRARI	86
2	Max Verstappen	NED	RED BULL RACING RBPT	59
3	Sergio Perez	MEX	RED BULL RACING RBPT	54
4	George Russell	GBR	MERCEDES	49
5	Carlos Sainz	ESP	FERRARI	38
6	Lando Norris	GBR	MCLAREN MERCEDES	35
7	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	MERCEDES	28
8	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	24
9	Esteban Ocon	FRA	ALPINE RENAULT	20
10	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	HAAS FERRARI	15