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Formula 1
F1: We Didn’t Do A Good Enough Job, Says Hamilton
McLaren driver ends up in Abu Dhabi with DNF...
Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and McLaren prepares to drive during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. (Photo: Getty Images)
After a season punctuated by unreliability and mistakes Lewis Hamilton says that McLaren didn’t do a good enough job to win the 2012 World Championship.
In Abu Dhabi Hamilton dropped out of the lead with a mechanical issue for the second time in five races.
“It’s not the easiest, because I’ve been doing my best this year,” said Hamilton. “It’s been a tough one, we’ve just had lots and lots of problems. Too many problems to be able to have won. We’ve not done a good enough job collectively to have won the championship.
“In actual fact this weekend we had the pace to get a one-two. I’m not really sure what Jenson (Button) was struggling with this weekend, but we had the strength in the car, the ability – the car was there this weekend. I think in the last four or five races we’ve had something fail on the car, even if we’ve finished the race, so it’s been a bit unfortunate.”
Hamilton said he was really happy with the performance of both the car and himself in Abu Dhabi.
“It wasn’t faultless, I did have a very wide moment at one stage. My brakes weren’t very well up to temperature, so I locked up into Turn 8. But after that it was going really well and the car was just a dream to drive at the time. I was cruising really, and I was pulling away.
“We had some kind of fuel issue where the car just stopped and died on me. But it was still a good weekend for me, I really enjoyed it. At the time it felt fantastic in the car, it’s a shame we couldn’t continue because I felt we were in with a good shot of a win. Nevertheless we have a couple of other opportunities.”
Hamilton remains positive about the last two races in the USA and Brazil: “We hadn’t brought any upgrades, we’ve hopefully got some upgrades coming to the next race. The guys have been working very hard. I really hope the car performs great in the next two races, so we can get back up there at the front and maybe finish a race up at the front for the very last time.
“It was a close one today, but I’m still very happy with the job I did. I couldn’t have done any more.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
In Abu Dhabi Hamilton dropped out of the lead with a mechanical issue for the second time in five races.
“It’s not the easiest, because I’ve been doing my best this year,” said Hamilton. “It’s been a tough one, we’ve just had lots and lots of problems. Too many problems to be able to have won. We’ve not done a good enough job collectively to have won the championship.
“In actual fact this weekend we had the pace to get a one-two. I’m not really sure what Jenson (Button) was struggling with this weekend, but we had the strength in the car, the ability – the car was there this weekend. I think in the last four or five races we’ve had something fail on the car, even if we’ve finished the race, so it’s been a bit unfortunate.”
Hamilton said he was really happy with the performance of both the car and himself in Abu Dhabi.
“It wasn’t faultless, I did have a very wide moment at one stage. My brakes weren’t very well up to temperature, so I locked up into Turn 8. But after that it was going really well and the car was just a dream to drive at the time. I was cruising really, and I was pulling away.
“We had some kind of fuel issue where the car just stopped and died on me. But it was still a good weekend for me, I really enjoyed it. At the time it felt fantastic in the car, it’s a shame we couldn’t continue because I felt we were in with a good shot of a win. Nevertheless we have a couple of other opportunities.”
Hamilton remains positive about the last two races in the USA and Brazil: “We hadn’t brought any upgrades, we’ve hopefully got some upgrades coming to the next race. The guys have been working very hard. I really hope the car performs great in the next two races, so we can get back up there at the front and maybe finish a race up at the front for the very last time.
“It was a close one today, but I’m still very happy with the job I did. I couldn’t have done any more.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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