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Mexican Victory ‘A Surprise’ for Lewis Hamilton: “We really thought we would be on the back foot”

Lewis Hamilton admitted it was a surprise to him to claim victory in Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix that put him within touching distance of claiming a sixth Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship. The Mercedes AMG Motorsport driver came into the weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez expecting to struggle, and it appeared that this was going to be the case when Scuderia Ferrari locked out the front row and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing looking extremely competitive. Hamilton survived a first lap trip across the grass at turn three after contact with Max Verstappen and the damage to his floor that this created to jump ahead of the Ferrari drivers during the pit stop cycle, a position...
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