Hamilton has not yet won a single race, but he still speaks of a good season. This is mainly because the performance is now measured against that of last year, and last year was the year in which Mercedes had to close the difference again with RedBull, which did not work at all. But the question we can already ask: What will F1 look like next season? In this way it does not seem that there is only 1 driver who can get close to Verstappen, does it? at least, it seems that way at the moment. And Perez is a nice wingman for Verstappen, I think.
I'm sure he is still not very relieved deeply but he wants to be happy about the development in his car at least. Because the current look is definitely way better than the previous season in general. He still can't catch up with Verstappen even a bit though but it is valid when it comes to the other drivers as well. Red Bull is just too dominant.
Aston Martin and Mercedes are the second fastest cars on the grid these days. He must be still happy to be on podium despite not being able to overtake Alonso at the end. Because this is just Hamilton's second podium in a row which is a serious improvement.
I really liked Ferrari in this race. For the first time they didn't mess up and did good with strategies. The drivers had a solid run on mediums for a long time and gained so many positions at the end of the race as well.
Because on a dry track here it's like there is no way Verstappen not winning by a huge gap as he does most of the time. Even rain might not change this look maybe but we never know. I hope at least we can watch some nice action for podium.
