Hamilton is a "new Lewis" since his title – Wolff

Toto Wolff, director of the Lewis Hamilton team, says his driver has become stronger since winning this year's championship. "He's really stronger after winning the title of driver," Wolff said.

"I think it's so integrated into the team and integrated that the driver's title seems incomplete, which is really odd for a pilot because it's calibrated on the title of the drivers." he said that it seemed incomplete and that it was necessary to seal the title of the teams.

"When we look at his face, it was almost more relief and happiness to seal the constructor's title than the first, and that's why just did not let go of the accelerator pedal until the end, and it's sort of a new Lewis too. "[19659002] Hamilton's end-of-season victory in Abu Dhabi was won thanks to a bold strategy that took advantage of Virtual Car Safety's early victory at its only stop in the race.

"We knew that the super soft [tyre] could go to the end," explained Wolff. "It could actually cover a whole distance from the race. We wanted to cover against a cut or no VSC or safety car in the race [where] we would have lost a position. Knowing that the tire can go up to the end with a little management, it was the safest strategy. "

Hamilton admitted that he had some doubts as to the cast-off of the tires. "My engineers always talk about stopping early," he said. "They are way too cold behind the wall.

" I thought, "Yes, I have a long way to go and it does not feel very good right now." But it lasted a long time, again, they were calculated and correct, that's why we have to trust these guys. "

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