‘It’s going to be close,’ says Mercedes driver before Belgian GPVerstappen insists Red Bull not fazed by recent bad luckLewis Hamilton expects the challenge from his world championship rival Max Verstappen and Red Bull to be even stronger as
Formula One enters the second half of the season. Before the Belgian
Grand Prix on Sunday, Hamilton conceded that the most tightly contested campaign since 2016 has been one of his toughest fights in F1.
Hamilton returns from F1’s summer break after pulling off a remarkable turnaround in Hungary. After dropping to last place when Mercedes miscalled a restart he recovered to finish third, and was promoted to second when Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin was later disqualified for failing to supply a fuel sample.