LONDON: Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes should not be blamed for their dominance and he would far rather be in a battle with Formula One rivals Ferrari and Red Bull than team mate Valtteri Bottas.
"People watching might be unhappy with the gap we have to the Ferraris. Of course we want to be as quick as we can be, we don't know why the others have fallen off a little bit," Hamilton told reporters after Sunday's race.The Briton has in the last two seasons, when Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was his main challenger, compared the title battle to the tennis duels fought out by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
"That's the exciting part, when you're competing against one or two other teams who are also bringing their A game. That puts another spanner in the mix. Hamilton previously had Nico Rosberg, the now-retired 2016 champion in a season when Mercedes won 19 of the 21 races, as his main rival and that led to a breakdown in relations between the former friends.
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