Lewis Hamilton has described his recovery drive from 13th to sixth in Miami as 'mega' after a 'demoralising' race in Baku just one week prior. F1
Hamilton finished sixth in both back-to-back grands prix, but the manner in which the result came together felt different for the Briton.
In Baku Hamilton had qualified fifth and after losing positions due to an unfortunately timed safety car, he spent the entire second half of the race stuck behind Ferrari'sBut in Miami Hamilton did find a way through from a disappointing 13th place in qualifying, when traffic on his Q2 out-lap left his tyres outside the optimal temperature window.Charles Leclerc
to take another sixth-place finish. Afterwards, the seven-time world champion said he enjoyed his comeback drive despite the end result being the same as in Baku one week prior. "It was mega, just to be in a position [to overtake]. In the sprint race and the last race, I was going backwards and it is demoralising when you are going backwards," he said.
"But it was great to have pace, to be seeing the cars up ahead and seeing the progress and knowing that we're going to be battling with people. We had a couple of great overtakes as well, that is what I live for."
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