Lewis Hamilton isn’t dwelling on the possibility of sitting second in the championship had his tyre not failed on the penultimate lap of the grand prix in Spain this weekend.
The Brit was pleased with his and the team’s performance after managing to split the Red Bull’s which were so dominant in qualifying.
“It was quite a good race for me,” Hamilton told the BBC after the race. “I had really good fun out there. It was nice obviously to take a step forward and split the Red Bulls. The team did an incredible job.
“It was great to come here with such a good step forward for us and it would have been perfect for the team in terms of the constructors championship and also for the drivers but these things happen.”
Tyre failures are a problem which seem to haunt Hamilton, having suffered several in his short career.
“I don’t know what it was. I just felt it was kind of unfortunate to have another tyre blowout, but I guess we’ll find out what it was. There’s many more races to go.
“I was just cruising to the finish line, really,” he said. “Obviously there was like 40 or so laps on those tyres so to keep up with Mark was impossible basically so I just wanted to maintain the pace and keep the spot.
“It was great points for me but I’m absolutely blown away that it was the last two laps of the race that something happened, but this is motor racing and you just keep your chin up and look forward.”
