Hamilton hails 'amazing' second place | Russell reveals brake issue

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver 'didn't expect' second place at Mexico City GP as George Russell reveals brake issue Lewis Hamilton produced a brilliant drive to finish second to Max Verstappen in Mexico City; George Russell was hampered by a brake issue as he came sixth; watch every session from the final Sprint event this year in Sao Paulo -starting this Friday live on Sky Sports F1, Last Updated: 30/10/23 1:52am Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Lewis Hamilton says he has total faith in Mercedes and that they can build a great car after seeing progression with a second-place finish in the Mexico City Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton says he has total faith in Mercedes and that they can build a great car after seeing progression with a second-place finish in the Mexico City Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton hailed taking an "amazing" second place in the Mexico City Grand Prix after coming from sixth on the grid to finish behind Max Verstappen. Hamilton was left disappointed on Saturday as Mercedes struggled to get their tyres into the optimal working window in qualifying, but found a more satisfactory balance in the W14 in the race.The result reignited Hamilton's hopes of denying Red Bull a first ever one-two in the drivers' championship, with his deficit to second placed Sergio Perez reduced to 20 points after the Mexican retired from his home race. "Honestly, I just wasn't expecting that. It's just always a great feeling when you are just putting one foot in front of the other and progressing," Hamilton told Sky Sports F1."The weekend had been really difficult compared to the last race where we had just hit the ground running. This weekend I was really digging deep to try and get the set-up right and I think we did a great job. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Highlights from the Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. "Qualifying was a bit tricky and to be far behind the Ferraris, we need to finish ahead of them to keep the constructors' [position] so that's what I was pushing for today."To have progressed so well through the early phase of the race and be challenging for a podium and then a second place is amazing. I am really happy with the race."Hamilton gained a spot at the start when Perez was forced to retire after colliding with Charles Leclerc. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Lewis Hamilton passes Daniel Ricciardo down the main straight on the inside to move up to fourth in the Mexico City Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton passes Daniel Ricciardo down the main straight on the inside to move up to fourth in the Mexico City Grand Prix. He overtook Daniel Ricciardo for fourth after 10 laps but got stuck behind Carlos Sainz, who had just enough pace to keep the Mercedes driver at bay.Hamilton undercut Sainz, so was in third place when the race was stopped by a red flag after Kevin Magnussen's big crash at Turn 8 at the halfway point of the Grand Prix.Mercedes bravely put Hamilton on medium tyres for the restart, whereas the other leading runners were on hards. It paid off though as the seven-time world champion made a daring move on the inside of Leclerc, briefly putting two wheels off the track to get past the Ferrari driver and take second place. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Lewis Hamilton makes a bold move to pass Charles Leclerc into second place of the Mexico City GP. Lewis Hamilton makes a bold move to pass Charles Leclerc into second place of the Mexico City GP. Expanding on where the W14 had improved from Saturday, Hamilton added: "I think the car is just quite peaky in qualifying on light fuel, but when you put a load of fuel in the car, it just feels nicer to drive and I think we struck a really nice set-up this weekend and particularly today for the race."Other than that, just really good tyre management. I generally enjoyed it. It's not the most physical of races, being that you can't push all the way, you're saving, you're doing 200 or 300 metres of lifting and coast to keep the car cool and stop it from failing."Wolff: Brilliant drive from HamiltonIt was the second successive event where Hamilton has shown strong pace, after he pushed Verstappen close for the win in Austin, only to be disqualified for excessive plank wear.Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was impressed by Hamilton's performance, especially on the medium tyres in the second half of the race as the 38-year-old set the fastest lap of the race on his final circuit. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen were in the cool-down room to review a chaotic Mexico City GP which