Question: Lewis, we saw your delight with a front-row start at the Nürburgring. Your second successive front-row start, but is there as much delight here, as you had provisional pole at one stage.
Lewis Hamilton: Yeah, still I think it is a great achievement for us. We knew from the previous race that we had good pace and yesterday was a good day. Today they seemed to pick up a little bit of pace but to still be on the front row I think from me and Jenson it was a good job by us so I am quite happy. I think we can collect some real good points from here.
Question: Lewis, you mentioned the good work done by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and your car, but was there anymore you felt you could have given on that flying lap to try to get pole.
Lewis Hamilton: I think as Jenson said you can always look back on the lap and think you should have found some more time. In hindsight I was two-and-a-half-tenths up through the first sector and then to hold onto it through the rest of the sectors was very tough. I went wide on the exit of turn nine, maybe lost half-a-tenth or so there and then through the last corner pretty much lost whatever small advantage I had there so I think it would have been very, very close. But at the end of the day they did a better job than us.
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Question: Lewis, not perhaps where you wanted to start but it’s your equal best grid position this year, four second places on the grid so far, you’re a previous winner here, so do you feel you start from a position of strength?
Lewis Hamilton: Yes, I think it’s a good day, I can’t complain. We’ve come off a good race in Germany and we’ve come here and it’s very similar to how competitive we were in Germany, so that’s a positive for us. It’s also a positive to have Jenson up here with us, and I think we can hopefully challenge Sebastian tomorrow.
Question: Is it an advantage to be a previous winner here?
Lewis Hamilton: Zero.
Question: We’ve seen you have a couple of offs down at the first corner, is that an issue or do you reckon you’ve sorted that out?
Lewis Hamilton: We’ve sorted it out. I just have a problem with my brakes so we put some new ones on for qualifying and so it should be fine from now on.
Question: And has the car changed much over the last couple of days?
Lewis Hamilton: No, not at all. It’s exactly the same as the last race. No updates, no we haven’t.
Question: Lewis, you’ve saved one set of super soft tyres, which is obviously an advantage. How big is the advantage on this particular circuit?
Lewis Hamilton: It’s always a plus but it’s not huge. It might be one or two laps longer. We will see what we will be able to do with them tomorrow. As Jenson was saying, it’s probably two or three pit stops tomorrow and it could be important to be able to look after your tyres at this track, as it always is. It definitely will hopefully be… even if it’s a small advantage. Hopefully I will be able to use that.
Question: I think this year this circuit’s been on the calendar for 25 years. I was wondering if you have any comments on why it’s been so enduring, what’s the secret?
Lewis Hamilton: It’s one of the best tracks we have on the calendar and it’s a fantastic city. The weather’s always good, great crowd and whilst you don’t have too much overtaking it’s a great place to race, so I think that’s probably why it’s quite a historic circuit for us.
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