McLaren boss defends Hami
Singapore, Sept. 27: McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has come to the defence of Lewis Hamilton, saying he did nothing wrong in his collision with Mark Webber that dealt a major blow to his championship chances.
The Briton failed to finish his second race in a row after being forced to to retire from the Singapore Grand Prix after making contact with Red Bull’s Webber when trying to overtake the Australian on lap 36.
His disappointment was clear when he threw his steering wheel from the car before clambering out. The failure to finish followed a similar scenario in Monza two weeks ago when he collided with Felipe Massa’s Ferrari. Sunday’s retirement leaves him 20 points behind Webber in the championship race with four Grand Prix to go. “I think Lewis was very unlucky,” www.Autosport.com quoted Whitmarsh as saying.
“I am sure people may look at two races in a trot we have an incident but I think if you look at what happened Lewis did not make a late lunge. We can get heated about blame but I think Mark Webber has got to race as well, but the important thing from my perspective was that from Lewis it was not a desperate overtaking, it was a solid overtaking manoeuvre,” Whitmarsh said. “Whenever you overtake in any form of motor racing there is a degree of risk and he was unlucky,” he said.
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