WINNER
For me, the first sign I could win was holding off
the first real attack from Max. I thought, when he
came and got within DRS, obviously I was going to
fight for everything I had, within reason, but I was
thinking it was going to be quite hard to hold on
for the next 20 laps or so, but sure I was going to
try and do everything I could, and when I held on
the first time, I thought OK, I’ve just got to do this
probably twenty more times so if I can do it once,
maybe I can do it repeatedly. So that was the first
sign and then obviously with Lewis going out and
then us putting the soft tyres on, I knew if I sort of
drove a clean last stint, mistake-free, I should be
able to hold on but you know Max has been quick
all weekend, so there was no guarantees ever, but
I think the last four or five laps looked like I was
able to sort of stabilise my pace and keep out of the
DRS so that was the moment of realisation, I think.