{"id":206752,"date":"2025-10-12T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206752\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:52:09","slug":"hamilton-drops-truth-bomb-on-his-2021-season-one-of-my-strongest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206752\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton drops truth bomb on his 2021 season: \u2018One of my strongest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" title=\"Lewis Hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> has described the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> season as one of the strongest years of his career so far.\u201cWe managed to squeeze some performance out; it was one of my strongest years.\u201d- Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>The British driver, who spoke via French outlet L\u2019Equipe, recounted how he ended the campaign in exceptional form, explaining how the team maximised the potential of the W12 car despite a lack of upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yes, the momentum at the end of the season was incredibly strong. We hadn\u2019t benefited from any upgrades to the car, but we managed to squeeze some performance out. It was one of my strongest years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 campaign saw Hamilton locked in a title fight with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/red-bull-racing\" title=\"Red Bull Racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull Racing<\/a> driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/max-verstappen\" title=\"Max Verstappen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen<\/a>. The championship battle ultimately went down to the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi, where Verstappen beat Hamilton to the Drivers\u2019 title following a late safety car incident.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-singapore-f1-68e140047a371.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"lewis-hamilton-ferrari-singapore-f1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton driving during the Singapore Grand Prix &#8211; Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton on the rival he is most proud of defeating<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/hamilton-shows-respect-to-rivals-with-heartfelt-answer-to-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hamilton also offered a thoughtful response <\/a>when asked about which Formula 1 driver he was most proud of defeating. The Scuderia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" title=\"Ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> driver expressed deep respect for his competitors, emphasising the sacrifices each driver makes in pursuit of success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think like that. I admire each of these competitors. I put myself in their shoes; they\u2019ve made enormous sacrifices. In the end, someone wins and someone loses. I know the pain they must have gone through after those defeats,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton boasts the record for the most Formula 1 title wins \u2013 seven \u2013 a record he jointly shares with Michael Schumacher. His career so far has seen him go head-to-head with several elite competitors, including Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n<p>GPblog paddock updateWant to stay up to date with the buzz and action within the Formula 1 circle? Our paddock update is the best place to get all the scoop and news from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our channels on YouTube and Spotify to get detailed analysis and insider information on the happenings within the F1 paddock.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our latest paddock update episode here \ud83d\udc47<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has described the 2021 Formula 1 season as one of the strongest years of his career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-206752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}