After the crushing defeat at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season, the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton might change his driving style a bit to win this season. The entire 2021 season was a huge tussle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Throughout the season, both the drivers got into some aggressive battles that ended in multiple crashes and subsequent penalties. And it all might be starting again as the 2022 season is finally underway!

For the first race of the 2022 season, both drivers are now in Bahrain, where many reporters have questioned Hamilton about his strategy to finally get his hands on his record-breaking 8th world title. While sharing his plan to beat the defending champion, Hamilton replied, “I’ll be a more aggressive driver this year, you’ll see.”

Lewis Hamilton doesn’t want revenge

The 37-year-old failed to lift his record eighth title last year by losing the championship to Max Verstappen. Now, many are speculating that the Briton must be looking for his revenge against Max this season. However, Hamilton rejected having such thoughts instead said he is focusing on his skills and performance.

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The Silver Arrow driver shared, “I’m not going to approach this season that way. I’m just going to approach the season by trying to be the best I can,” said Hamilton. I want to see if there is an area where I can upgrade my game, at least to drive like at the end of last season.”

Can Hamilton win the Bahrain GP?

The German constructor had a hard time with the 2022 challenger W13 in the pre-season testing. After failing to shine at the Barcelona testing, Mercedes introduced their controversial sidepod upgrades in the Bahrain testing. However, the upgrades weren’t fruitful as they struggled in the Bahrain heat.

Meanwhile, their rivals, Red Bull suffered in Barcelona and also the first two days of the Bahrain testing. But the Milton Keynes base was impressive on the third day with their new upgrades, allowing Verstappen to set the fastest time of the entire 3 day testing. Other than Red Bull, the Italian constructor, Ferrari, was phenomenal throughout both the pre-season testings.

Even Lewis Hamilton expressed that his team isn’t ready to win the first race in Bahrain and instead favored Ferrari to take the highest step on the podium this Sunday. However, the Reds rejected Hamilton’s praises and instead suggested that it’ll be Mercedes that will be the one to win like last season. Last season, Mercedes had poor pre-season testing and then they surprisingly won the first race.

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Now the fans are really looking forward to the nail-biting Bahrain GP this Sunday and they can not wait for the lights to go out! Let’s see whether Lewis Hamilton ends up on the podium this time around or not.