F1 News
Date: 28/06/2011
Lewis Hamilton has told fans to ignore the quotes attributed to him after Sunday's Valencia F1 Grand Prix, when the McLaren star seemed to declare his 2011 title chances as over.
Part of Hamilton's appeal is that he wears his heart on his sleeve, both in and out of the car. He describes it as 'passion', of the kind previously displayed by F1 legends Ayrton Senna and Gilles Villeneuve.
But such 'passion' can also have a downside, resulting in some over-enthusiastic passing manoeuvres and off-track outbursts when things go against him.
That looked to be the case after Valencia, where the frustrated Englishman finished 46 seconds from Sebastian Vettel and victory, leaving him a massive 89 points behind the young German in the championship.
After the race Hamilton was quoted as saying:
"My championship is finished. My mind state now is that I just want to continue finishing races because Sebastian is pretty much gone.
"We can't beat Red Bull. We just can't. They would need to fall off the track for me to beat them. There was over a second per lap difference in the race. That is just ridiculous."
Now it seems Hamilton - proud of his fighting spirit - regrets, and perhaps even denies, saying those words:
"To all our supporters, ignore what u read in the papers today. My team will never give up & I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!!!" he wrote on his Twitter page (@LewisHamilton).
Hamilton and the McLaren team's home British Grand Prix is next on the F1 schedule and the 2008 world champion insists he's as motivated as ever.
"Bring on Silverstone, ur support will make a world of difference to us. I'm going to the factory now to do all I can with our team," he wrote.
Hamilton has taken one victory from the eight races so far this season, beating Vettel in April's Chinese Grand Prix.
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