UK press harsh on Ham. Lewis: "I would not call it a mistake"

While Lewis Hamilton scoffs at the ten place penalty handed down by race stewards ("I am not happy about the penalty, but I will come back even stronger. They can throw at me what they like.”), blames Kimi and Kubica for being side by side and claims he did not really make a mistake, for the first time the UK press is critical of Hamilton.

Tabloids had a bit of a field day with comments ranging from the SUN's "Silly Boy" to the more caustic Daily Star who suggested affixing a large "L" to his car. The Daily Telegraph calls him "Crashdummy" and the Daily Mail suggests a strategy for next time "Hint: wait until the lights turn green, Lewis".

But let's hear Hamilton's bizarre post race declarations:

from the BBC Checkered Flag podcast

Note that Hamilton and others claimed Lewis "had it in the bag" when in fact it was not the case at all. He started strong, perhaps on a lighter load and certainly on soft tires but Kubica was catching up and especially Raikkonen was flying once his hard tires came in and in fact scored the fast lap of the race, right before the safety car. Couple that with both those drivers making faster stops than Hamilton and you just have to wonder what race some were watching!