Hamilton loses ground after failing passing Webber!!

10/5/11,

The failure on passing Webber in the first lap cost to Hamilton 2 positions!!

Lewis Hamilton regrets his failed passing attempt on Mark Webber on the first lap which cost him two positions.

Speaking after the race he said: “I really lost quite a lot of ground at the beginning of the race when I tried to go down the outside of Webber. I had such great pace. “In actual fact, I had too much front wing in the car to start off with. It was one of the reasons you struggle to look after the rear tyres, it’s better to drive a car with more understeer and I had a bit too much front end. “Obviously I was trying to get past Jenson, I had so much pace at the time, and once I did get past him my tyres were finished, so that forced me into a four-stopper – I don’t even know, how many stops did I do? Five? Four? “Considering we had a bad pit stop as well, I think we did a pretty good job to get back up to fourth.”

That left him in a fight for position with his team mate (Jenson Button): “At the time I was relatively frustrated that I’d lost position. “I’d had a good start, I should have really been up to third at the beginning of the race. Then I could have been battling for second in this race, but we came home with fourth in the end. “But the battle was good, Jenson was fair as always.”