Lewis Hamilton has hailed the close racing between him and Sebastian Vettel during the Spanish Grand Prix after the pair fought over the victory in several wheel-to-wheel battles.
Although Hamilton eventually won the race, he lost out to the Ferrari driver at Turn 1 on the opening lap. However as the strategy played out, the pair appeared together on track again with the Briton and German wheel-to-wheel in Turn 1 again.
That ended in contact as the two champions rubbed wheels, forcing Hamilton to take to the run-off and begin his hunt of the red car once again. That came to a head just a few laps later when Hamilton swopped round the outside of Vettel to take the lead.
Hamilton insists that's exactly how racing should be, despite initially describing Vettel's move as "dangerous" when he was forced wide.
"I think in the heat of the moment it’s difficult to know from the outside view what it’s like – it felt like I was run out of road.
"I was alongside, so it was definitely close, but again that’s how racing should be and I loved it, I wouldn’t change it for the world," he said.
Hamilton thanked his team for the clever strategy which got him back into the lead of the race after initially losing it at the start.
"The team did an incredible job today, that’s how racing should be, as close as it could be, Sebastian was incredibly close, incredibly fast.
"The team did a great job with strategy. At the start I don’t really know what went wrong, I need to sit with my guys, it wasn’t good enough, I thought I did everything I was supposed to do but I got a bit of wheel spin."
