He may not have won this evening's Bahrain Grand Prix but Lewis Hamilton secured the 107th top three finish of his Formula One career when he finished six seconds behind the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.
After a hard fought race that saw him finish second to the German, Hamilton now sits second in the drivers' championship, seven points behind Vettel.
The six seconds he was behind included a five second penalty for driving too slowly in pitlane and as a result, holding up the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo….
“It's been a challenging weekend. The start of the race was OK but Sebastian was in my blind spot so I didn't know where he was and I lost a position there. It was really hard to follow but we generally had similar pace,” Lewis said. “Under the Safety Car, I just misjudged it myself the situation; that was my fault, so my apologies to the team.”
“I had good pace in the second and final stints and we honestly thought we could catch Sebastian. But the five second penalty made that twice as hard. I believe it was the right choice to go with the Soft in the final stint. I think that was the best call as I still had a long way to go. Our guys have been making good calls all year so far. I tried my best to recover from the mistake but it wasn't quite enough. We still come away with good points.”
