Lewis Hamilton 'might pull a sickie' to avoid driving the W13 one last time

Lewis Hamilton ‘might pull a sickie’ to avoid driving the W13 one last timeLewis Hamilton is so done with his Mercedes W13 he joked he “might be calling a sickie” to avoid driving it in the post-season Abu Dhabi test.

Despite showing marked improvement in the second half of the campaign, the Mercedes W13 managed just one victory this season with George Russell P1 at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.His 2022 campaign ended, some would say rather fittingly,Hamilton had been running up in fourth place when the car began to slow, the driver pulling into the pits to record his first win-less campaign in 16 seasons.

But even though 2022 ended without a win on the board, Hamilton has refuted suggestions this year has been his toughest season.“This year is probably not the greatest, up there with the top three of the worst seasons but I think it is a much stronger year in terms of myself, how I have worked with the team and how we have all stayed united.Drivers’ ChampionshipSpeaking to Sky Sports after Sunday’s retirement, Hamilton conceded that in the W13 Mercedes did not have the car they wanted.

“Ultimately,” he said, “I think we started with a car we didn’t want and we finished with a car we didn’t want. “But we were basically stuck with it and we just kept trundling away, kept working away at improving it, but the fundamentals have still been there all the way to the end, as you saw this weekend.”

Heaven forbid he’s made a joke. Let’s get all the haters lined up ready for their deep thoughts in the comments.

Well that's one way to show a 'massive thank you to everyone back at the factory'...

The arrogance of feeling one of the best three cars on the grid is below him. Embarassing

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