Lewis claimed his first victory of the season in Turkey on Sunday after the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and race leader Mark Webber had collided.That enabled Hamilton and Button, who were third and fourth at the time, to complete a tremendous one-two for McLaren Mercedes.The pair enthralled viewers across the world with their titanic tussle in the closing laps.It was edge-of-the-seat stuff as the two Brits raced side-by-side into Turn 12 on lap 48 with Button taking his team-mate on the outside.
"At the end of the day we’re a team: we both want to win the constructors’ title and we both want to win the drivers’ title. But we’re not stupid. "
Lewis Hamilton on his duel with Jenson Button in Turkey:
Lewis responded by regaining the lead in thrilling fashion as the two McLarens sped down the start/finish straight, with the two cars almost coming together at the first corner.
Hamilton’s girlfriend,Nicole Scherzinger,who was there cheering her man all the way...(whats this I've heard about them breaking up)
She could hardly watch in the McLaren garage, such heart-stopping,
high-octane drama. “We’re allowed to race out there, but we have to be sensible.“At the end of the day we’re a team: we both want to win the constructors’ title and we both want to win the drivers’ title. But we’re not stupid.
“I wouldn’t do anything dangerous to touch Jenson – and vice versa – and that’s the great thing about racing each other. We know we have that cushion and that respect for each other, so we don’t really have a problem with it.
“Having said all that, winning today [Sunday] doesn’t feel quite as good as it sometimes does.
“That’s because it’s a little bit different from some of my previous race victories: ideally, the racer in me wants to win by overtaking the guys in front, not by seeing them crash out in front of me.
“Rather than inheriting a win, it’s much nicer to fight your way past your rivals and earn the win the hard way.”
“At the end, I had a run on Lewis out of Turn Eight. I don’t know why he was a bit slow, but I got a good run into Turn 12 and managed to get past him.
“We had a good little battle and we were wheel-to-wheel for three corners, but it positioned me wrong for the final corner, I got a poor exit and he was able to get back past me along the pits straight and on the inside into Turn One.”
And, after seeing the Red Bull drivers take each other out, Button added: “It was a tough battle, but we didn’t touch and we still finished first and second, so that’s how you do it.”
And some of the dissapointed drivers...
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| Vettel |
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| Rosberg |
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| Alonzo |
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| Schumacer |
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