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

Lewis Hamilton team manager Toto Wolff said his driver was getting stronger since winning this year's championship.

The five-time world champion won both races after winning the title, helping Mercedes to win the constructor title. "He's really stronger after winning the title of driver," Wolff said.

"I have the feeling that he is so integrated in the team and integrated that the title of driver seems incomplete, which is very strange for a pilot because it is calibrated for the title of pilot. But he said it sounded incomplete and that the teams' titles had to be sealed.

"When you look at his face, it's almost more relief and happiness to seal the constructor's title than the first, and that's why he did not let go of the foot until the end, and that's somehow a new Lewis too.

Hamilton's victory in Abu Dhabi at the end of the season was won thanks to a bold strategy that took advantage of an early period of Virtual Safety Car to make its only pit stop of the race.

"We knew that super sweet [tyre] could go to the end, "explained Wolff. "It could actually cover a whole distance from the race. We wanted to cover later 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 to having some doubts about the mines being laid. "My engineers always talk about stopping early," he said. "They are way too cold behind the wall.

"I said to myself," Yes, I have a long way to go and it does not make me very well now. "But it lasted a long time, again, they were calculated and correct and that's why we have to trust these guys. "

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