PODIUM
F
ull transcript from the top three press conference
at the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 5 of the 2017
Formula World Championship, at Circuit de
Catalunya-Barcelona, featuring: race winner Lewis
Hamilton (Mercedes), second placed Sebastian Vettel
(Ferrari) and Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull).
Podium interviews conducted by Pedro de la Rosa
Lewis, tell us about the race? First of all, bad things, what
happened at the start?
Lewis Hamilton: First of all, I just want to say a big thank
you to the crowd that came, for the warm welcome and
for the support. It’s been a long, long time coming to
Barcelona [for me] and I can say it didn’t start out the
greatest when I first came but it has grown so much and
my love and appreciation for the country has grown so
much as well, so thank you. The team did an incredible
job… what an amazing… that’s how racing should be.
That’s as close as it could be. Sebastian was incredibly
close, incredibly fast. The team did a great job with the
strategy. The start – I don’t really know what’s gone wrong.
I have to see with my guys…
Don’t worry about that…
LH: But it wasn’t good enough, I know! Trust me, I thought
I did everything I was supposed to do but I got a bit of
wheelspin.
Tell me about the squeeze, let’s call it the squeeze into
Turn One? Seb was coming out the pits with the medium
tyres. How did you handle that?
LH: I think in the heat of the moment it’s difficult to know
from the outside view what it’s like. I felt like I ran out road
but I was alongside. It was definitely close but again, as
I said, that’s how racing should be and I loved it and I
wouldn’t change it for the world.