WINNER LEWIS HAMILTON
[With regards to tyre choice
during the race] this is the case
where you have to rely on your
engineers because they have
better understanding. They
would have seen all the other
drivers run on the supersoft from
the beginning and they would
have seen the drivers run on the
soft. I had no facts to quantify a
judgement. I was not in a position
to make a judgement there.
When I came in I’m hoping the
team will give me the best tyre.
I’m expecting them to give me
the best tyre. So, I had the soft,
Nico didn’t have a soft, so I don’t
believe he had a soft left, as far
as I’m aware. So that would be
why. That was the only choice he
had. My tyre goes longer. But the
performance was still good, it was
just the warm-up was the issue.
I guess they were concerned
that the ultrasoft doesn’t last that
long. We didn’t do a long run on
the supersoft either so we didn’t
know if that would go far. So, no,
your answer, it is not the case.