Every word of lewis hamilton's eye-catching untelevised speech at spanish gp

FANS IN THE FORMULA 1 PADDOCK CLUB LOUNGE AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX WERE TREATED TO A SPEECH FROM LEWIS HAMILTON AS THE FERRARI STAR SHARED HIS FEELINGS ABOUT STILL COMPETING IN THE SPORT

13:34, 01 Jun 2025 Lewis Hamilton has admitted he has a "love-hate relationship" with Formula 1 after such a long time of being out of title contention. But in the same speech he

insisted he still loves competing in the sport and sees it as "a real privilege". Aged 40, Hamilton is in the first season of a new era for his F1 career having chosen to join

Ferrari. He has fulfilled a childhood dream by doing so but, so far, it has not led to an immediate return to the sharp end of the grid. Ferrari are not currently in a position to be winning

races and Hamilton has yet to score a podium for the Italian team. His team-mate Charles Leclerc has managed it twice but he too is frustrated by their lack of performance n 2025. But for

Hamilton, it has been a long wait already for the chance to add to his seven F1 titles. Since he was cruelly and controversially denied by Max Verstappen in 2021, he has been out of the

fight with Mercedes suffering a decline in their performance. SIGN UP TO OUR FREE WEEKLY F1 NEWSLETTER, PIT LANE CHRONICLE, BY ENTERING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW SO THAT EVERY NEW EDITION

LANDS STRAIGHT IN YOUR INBOX! Article continues below He will be frustrated that his move to Ferrari has not immediately pushed him further toward the front of the grid. But, speaking to

fans in the F1 Paddock Club at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, he made it clear that he is still hungry for more success. In the speech, footage of which was recorded and posted on

social media, the Ferrari driver told fans: "To be able to be here for that long is a real privilege, you know? And there's only 20 of us in the world of eight billion or nine

billion, whatever it is, that get to do this. READ MORE: Lewis Hamilton responds to surprise result and eyes historic Ferrari first at Spanish GPREAD MORE: Lewis Hamilton told to break habit

of entire F1 career to address key 'disadvantage' "And what I would say is I'm so thankful that I still love what I do today. Like, I love my job the same as I did at

the beginning. And don't tell my boss I'd do it for free, fortunately I don't have to. You know, it's... I can't explain it. "Naturally from racing as a

competitor, there's a love-hate relationship you have when you're not succeeding, you're not getting to where you want to go. But you also always have to remember that

it's a part of the journey and you will have seasons that you're not successful. "You'll have seasons that are difficult and you just have to take the highs with the lows

and understand that. We're kind of at the start or kind of lower part of the mountain and we're building up to get back to the top. And that's what I'm working on."

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