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“Definitely surprised,” was his take on his podium finish. “I think there was so much hard work this weekend for everybody in the team. There were engine changes on my side, engine changes for Lewis, so much going on, everybody was working so hard.
“We had a really bad start to the race, I was dropping off a lot, but on the hard tyre I think we were one of the quickest out there and that was great. Got past Max, so an added bonus to stand on the podium.
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“I mean we’ve got to be realistic still. We should’ve finished fifth today, that was the true result. Obviously with Lando [Norris’] qualifying yesterday he probably would’ve been up there as well, so I don’t want to get carried away with ourselves with this podium today. We’ve got a lot of work to do. Hopefully Singapore’s a slightly better weekend.”
As for Hamilton, having taken on a raft of new PU components after qualifying, he was resigned to a long afternoon after his pit lane start. He made up plenty of ground early on, and again after his pit stop – and spent much of the latter part of the race battling the two rookies, Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman.
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