汉密尔顿称自己与众不同，展望2030年代继续征战F1
七届F1世界冠军刘易斯·汉密尔顿表示自己“与众不同”，并谈到将职业生涯延长到足以参加新的非洲大奖赛的可能性。
刘易斯·汉密尔顿：“我与众不同”，他展望2030年代继续征战F1
这位法拉利车手表示年龄不是参加新非洲大奖赛的障碍，并坚称自己的反应“比这里一些最年轻的人还快”。
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七届F1世界冠军刘易斯·汉密尔顿在讨论将职业生涯延长到足以参加新的非洲大奖赛的可能性时，坚称自己“与众不同”。
F1最近宣布与卢旺达达成一项为期10年的协议，将在基加利附近的一条新赛道举办比赛，该赛事预计将在2030年代初加入赛历。听到这个消息后，他被问及对这份合同的看法，此前他长期呼吁F1重返该大洲。
他开玩笑说，自己得延长职业生涯才能在那里比赛，但他有多认真呢？
“首先，过去10年里，你们这里从未有过像我这样的人。所以我觉得我的构造与众不同，”他说。“当然，随着年龄增长，前方会有我无法预见的挑战。但在这条路上，在这段旅程中，一直有太多先入为主的观念，认为你的反应时间会下降。
“你看到我上一场比赛中的反应了吗？我的反应比这里一些最年轻的人还要快。所以有很多工具可以利用，来让自己和头脑保持敏锐。我想，只要你愿意牺牲一切——如果我现在的状态就是如此，我会继续这样做。我无法说四年后我是否还想继续做我正在做的事，但我现在仍然热爱我所做的事。”
“我依然全力以赴，在可预见的未来也会如此。我44岁时还能否与20岁的车手竞争，谁知道呢？但41岁的我能够与20岁的车手竞争。所以时间会证明我30多岁时是否还在这里。我们拭目以待。
“但我绝不想在已经没有竞争力的情况下还赖着不走。我不想开着车却明显掉队。我的反应下降了，我的动力下降了，我的速度也下降了，去年所有人都这么以为。但我已经用表现证明了所有人都错了，我会继续努力这样做。”
汉密尔顿在车手积分榜上排名第三，在争夺第二名的较量中仅落后乔治·拉塞尔一分。但这位英国车手表示，这场争夺并非优先事项。
“我不会说这毫无意义，但这不是我关注的重点。我认为赢得总冠军才是任何人真正必须在意的事情。”
相反，汉密尔顿希望为他的车队锁定制造商锦标赛第二名，该车队去年排名第四，并将利用最后五场比赛为2027年做准备。
“我真的把这五场比赛当作明年赛车的测试平台。花时间与我们的空气动力学主管交流，讨论车辆动力学，我们可以在哪些方面改进这辆车，以及如何保持底盘的优良特性，例如，今年底盘一直很棒。”
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Lewis Hamilton: “I’m built differently” as he eyes F1 career into 2030s
The Ferrari driver says age is no barrier to racing at the new African Grand Prix, insisting his reactions are “faster than some of the youngest people here”.
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Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton insists he is “built differently” as he discusses the idea of extending his career long enough to race at the new African Grand Prix.
F1 recently announced a 10-year deal with Rwanda to host a race at a new circuit near Kigali, with the event expected to join the calendar in the early 2030s. Upon hearing the news, he was asked his thoughts on the contract after he had long campaigned for a return to the continent.
He joked that he would have to extend his career to race there, but how serious is he?
"Firstly, you've never had anyone like me here in the last 10 years. So I feel that I'm built differently," he said. "Of course, there are challenges up ahead that I can't foresee that come with age. But along this way, along this journey, there have been so many preconceived ideas about the fact that your reaction time drops off.
"Did you see my reaction in the last race? My reaction's faster than some of the youngest people here. So there are lots of tools that you can utilise to continue to keep yourself and mind sharp. I guess as long as you're willing to sacrifice everything, which I continue to if I am right now. I can't say in four years whether I want to continue to do what I'm doing, but I love what I'm doing still now.
"I'm still all in and I will be for the foreseeable future. Whether or not I can compete at 44 with a 20-year-old, who knows? But at 41 I can compete with a 20-year-old. So time will tell whether I'm here in the 30s. We'll see.
"But I never want to overstay my welcome in the sense of still not having the performance. I don't want to be walking - driving around with that really dropped off. My reactions dropped off, my drive's dropped off, and my pace has dropped off, which everyone assumed last year. But I've proved everyone wrong with that and I will continue to try to do so."
Hamilton is third in the drivers’ standings, just one point behind George Russell in the fight for second. But the Briton said that battle is not a priority.
“I’m not going to say it doesn’t mean anything, but it’s not something I focus on. I think winning the championship is the only thing anybody must really care about.”
Instead, Hamilton wants to secure second in the constructors’ championship for his team, which finished fourth last year, and will use the final five races to prepare for 2027.
“I’m really using these five races as a test bench for next year’s car. Spending time speaking with our head of aerodynamics, talking about vehicle dynamics, where we can improve this car, how we can keep the goodness of the chassis, for example, which has been great this year.”
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