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F1: Hamilton Delighted With Pole Hat Trick
Lewis Hamilton was delighted to make it three poles in three attempts in Canada after his brilliant last minute effort....
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted June 13, 2010   Montreal (CAN)
Lewis Hamilton is looking to make it two victories in a row this weekend in Montreal. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Lewis Hamilton was delighted to make it three poles in three attempts in Canada after his brilliant last minute effort.

Although there was some controversy as a result of him stopping on his slow down lap to save fuel, the result was not changed.

“It has been a great day and a great start to the weekend,” said Hamilton It is just a bit overwhelming really for me. So many memories came back when they told me on the radio just now that I had pole position. It just reminded me of my first grand prix win here and my first pole position here back in 2007, so a very special day.

“I am just really proud of my guys to be honest as I damaged the car a little bit in practice and they fixed it in no time. Seriously professional. I owe it all to them really and this is really a reflection of their hard work.”

Hamilton was clearly much happier than he had been on Friday: “Yesterday we were in a lot of trouble for sure. Through practice P1 felt quite good and then I think as we went into P2 people were switching on their tyres a little better than we were and the car was all over the place.

“Also the set-up we had gone to was not in the right direction for me but last night we sat down for quite a long time and made really good steps and I was very optimistic with the changes that I made last night. Got in the car this morning and it felt pretty good and so we were just very fortunate today the car was working and we just did a good job.”
Lewis didn’t want make too many predictions about Sunday.

“I think the key is you need to take each day one at a time and clearly today we wanted to get as far up at the front as possible. For sure yesterday when we were testing the option tyre was not the best. It goes off quite quickly but we are going to do everything we can to maintain them. I think you might see a completely different race unfold tomorrow.

“There are possibilities, as always with every race here, of safety cars, so that’s to be expected, so I guess you have to be quite fortunate when they do and do not come out. I think these guys are in quite a fortunate position with the tyres they are on but who knows the track might improve and the option tyre might end up being the best one but I think we will have a good race tomorrow and, you know, we have just got to keep our heads down.”

LINK > QUALIFYING RESULTS: CANADIAN GRAND PRIX – MONTREAL
LINK > FINAL PRACTICE SPEEDS: CANADIAN GRAND PRIX – MONTREAL

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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