I’m going to go for Lewis Hamilton, says Damon Hill as he sees Mercedes driver declare win at French GP

Former World Champion Damon Hill has advised that Lewis Hamilton will bag his first win of the season on the French GP.

Hamilton has been on kind up to now few races (Courtesy: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTSHamilton has secured a hat-trick of podium finishes within the final three racesHill thinks that Hamilton will the race this weekendThe former World Champion predicted Russell and Sainz to complete behind Hamilton

Damon Hill has predicted that Lewis Hamilton will declare a historic win on the French Grand Prix this weekend. He additionally revealed his different podium predictions for the race.

After a tricky begin to the present marketing campaign, Hamilton has been having fun with a revival as he secured a hat-trick of third place finishes at Canada, Silverstone and Austria. The Mercedes driver is presently sixth within the driver’s standings with 109 factors.

Many really feel {that a} win for the seven-time World Champion is not far-off and Hill feels that the Mercedes driver might get the chequered flag at Circuit Paul Ricard this weekend.

Speaking on the F1 podcast, the previous World Champion mentioned that he’s going for a Hamilton win on Sunday and likewise mentioned that there could possibly be an incident at first of the race.

“I’m going to go for Lewis Hamilton. I think there’s going to be an incident,” mentioned Hill.

Hill mentioned that the primary nook is a bit difficult and certainly one of Charles Leclerc or Max Verstappen might get entangled in an incident and Mercedes might capitalize.

“We’ve been talking about how well they (Leclerc and Verstappen) have been getting on. I think that first corner is a bit tricky, the little chicane thing. Let’s say Charles loses his front wing or Max gets a puncture or something like that. Or maybe even on pure pace, the Mercedes springs a surprise,” mentioned Hill.

The former World Champion additionally advised that of their race trim, Hamilton has been very very fast. Hill additionally advised that George Russell might end second and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz might declare the ultimate podium spot.

“I think in their race trim, Lewis has been, on occasion, very, very quick. It could even be Lewis first, George second and Carlos Sainz third,” mentioned Hill.

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