Lewis Hamilton interview sticks the knife into Massa

A post-Singapore Grand Prix interview with Lewis Hamilton proved too good an opportunity for a dig at Ferrari for the McLaren PR team to pass up. The interview was full of thinly-veiled swipes at Felipe Massa and his Ferrari team. Even the opening ‘question’ of the interview was a tongue-in-cheek comment against Ferrari.

“The race was a good example of team-work, with your first pit stop perfectly timed and the whole team working faultlessly during a number of high-pressure situations,” said the interviewer.

Hamilton himself was not averse to getting in on the act. “I’ve got to give credit to the engineers and strategists for helping me to save fuel during the first Safety Car period, and the guys in the garage pulled off two perfect pit stops,” he said (stopping short of performing a sketch involving a fuel hose). “What more can I ask for? We’re just getting stronger and stronger - we all want this so much that every race just pulls us closer and closer together.”

Cheap shots, maybe, but it must be satisfying for McLaren after the Spa debacle.

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