McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton not regretting winning Spanish Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has said that he is not disappointed over not winning the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Before the start of the Spanish GP, Hamilton was expected to put the Red Bull racing team under a lot of pressure, but Sebastian Vettel was 0.6 seconds ahead of the Brit and managed to win his fourth race of the season.
After the race, the British told the media that he is happy for pushing Vettel to the limit in the second half of the race.
The McLaren driver was the second fastest runner of the Spanish Grand Prix. He had a very close fight with Red Bull’s Vettel in the last laps of the race, but the current world champion was faster than him and did not allow him to overtake.
However, the 26-year-old driver said that he does not think the team should be disappointed with their Sunday’s performance. He admitted that they did a good job throughout the weekend and in the pit stops.
Hamilton said, “As the race went on we had some serious pace but it was very tough to get past Seb at the end, they were massively quick in high speed corners and in the last corner his downforce was incredibly clear. Nonetheless I gave my all and to move
forward and score some good points and retain second place is great.”
He went on to mention, “I wasn't able to follow through high speed Turn 3, obviously Turn 9 and the last corner, I was never able to get close enough to maintain the gap and then able to use the DRS.”
McLaren’s pace seemed improved since the Turkish GP which can be a big positive they can take from the race.
He praised the performance of his teammate Jenson Button, who did fantastic job in the race and seemed to be able to apply pressure on the Red Bulls of Vettel and Mark Webber.
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