LEWIS HAMILTON turned his physio into the Big Dipper as he celebrated an upturn in his rollercoaster year. Now ‘ecstatic’ Hamilton hopes the tide has turned for his fitness AND form. However, Mercedes performance coach Cullen was left as drenched as the Montreal track had been during Max Verstappen’s weekend victory as Hamilton gave her a soaking sign-off. “Angela said if Lewis Hamilton finished on the podium she’d jump into the river. Re-energised Hamilton, 37, whose bouncing Mercedes had given him a bad back in Baku, said: “I’m ecstatic. Of his back issues, he claimed: “It is feeling good. Cullen used acupuncture as well as physiotherapy to get Hamilton fighting fit over the past week.

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