Lewis Hamilton admits 2020 has been one of the most difficult years of his Formula 1 career. The driver has had to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and its far-reaching effects. The British, who tested positive for Covid-19 after the Bahrain Grand Prix and missed the Sakhir GP, returned for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. He replied: “I think it’s almost impossible to say which one is harder than the other because every year you face something new and something different. “I think this year, for me personally, I would say it’s been one of the hardest years, if not the hardest year because, you know, we’ve all dealt with isolation; we’ve not been around people." “There’s been a great loss of life. Life is not normal,” he added. Hamilton may have only competed in 16 Grands Prix in 2020 but won the championship by his biggest margin yet – 124 points over teammate Valtteri Bottas. “I’m grateful that we got to race and it’s been… these races can take a lot out of you and I think, yeah, for me definitely, I think it’s a great achievement for Formula 1 to have got us back racing,” he said. “Thank God for the health and wellbeing of everyone here in this sport that’s managed to get safely through the year,” he concluded. The Mercedes driver is out of contract at the end of this year.
Source: Formula 1