Sky Sports pundit and ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok believes Lewis Hamilton was struggling for motivation at the start of a difficult 2022 season
Chandhok reckons Hamilton initially struggled to deal with Mercedes’ lack of competitiveness, drawing a comparison to"Lewis, at the start of the year, I'm sure his motivation wasn't there," Chandhok said on Sky Sports’ F1 2022 season review. “And I can understand that.
"It reminded me of Senna in 1993, this was a guy who was the number one driver of his generation, he arrives at the opening race and goes 'God, I'm only capable of qualifying on the third row of the grid.’ "Where's the motivation? Then we got to Barcelona, they turned a little bit of the corner and he rose to the challenge.”Russell impressed in his rookie Mercedes season, claiming the team’s sole race victory in Brazil and becoming the first teammate to beat Hamilton over the course of a season sinceChandhok thinks Russell’s run of early form in the opening rounds of the season prompted seven-time world champion Hamilton to respond and lift his game.
"I think he had a bit of a wake-up call in that middle part of the year when Lewis lifted his game, and I think George went on a run where he couldn't get ahead. I think he thought 'woah, I've woken the beast!’ "But to his credit, towards the end of the year - and that weekend and win in Brazil was the standout - he came back. I'm fascinated to see how those two are together next year."
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