Question: Lewis, it was close after the first run in Q3, then you aborted your final run and, of course, you are moving three places back on the grid as well so your thoughts really on qualifying today?
Lewis Hamilton: It was interesting that you smile about that. No, really it has been a good day for me. I am quite surprised that we were able to split the Red Bulls and it is great to be on the front row in terms of how we qualified. Of course, we had the penalty which was a bit of a silly mistake from myself and I have paid the price but from tomorrow we have good race pace and it is a long race with two DRS zones so overtaking should be a lot easier than perhaps other places. I am still optimistic regardless of where I start.
Question: Lewis, you aborted your second run that time. It looked as though you lost a little bit of time in the second sector. Was that the reason why?
Lewis Hamilton: No, it just wasn’t a better lap. My first lap was very, very good. Probably as much as I could have got out of the car. I think I may have been able to get maybe half-a-tenth or a tenth maybe but it was very much on the limit on the second run. I was a tenth down going into turn 15 but I didn’t see much point in wasting the tyres for a potential half-a-tenth or something so I came in. But overall very, very happy with my position. I am starting from fifth but this is as good as I could really have hoped for and the track is actually really great as Sebastian just said. I think real congratulations to the people here in India who have put together this circuit as it is not breaking up and it is really fantastic to drive.
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Question: You gave the impression yesterday that there was more to come. Was there much changes made overnight?
Lewis Hamilton: I don’t think I did.
Question: OK, I got the wrong impression. Was there much changes made overnight?
Lewis Hamilton: No.
Question: So you were pretty much straight on the set-up that you wanted?
Lewis Hamilton: Yeah.
Question: That hasn’t evolved with the track?
Lewis Hamilton: No, not really. Through the session you put on more front wing but otherwise not really made any changes throughout the weekend. Simulator -track, the correlation seems to be quite good.
Question: Felipe broke his suspension by going too deep into a chicane, I think it’s eight and nine. Either into a hole or kerb -I don’t know. Is that a concern?
Lewis Hamilton: I think they’re the best kerbs we’ve had, the actual kerb itself, not necessarily the bollard at the bump at the back but again, the orange parts are a lot shallower -not as high or steep as at some of the other circuits. They’ve done a great job with them. You can ride the rest of the kerb and they’re quite wide. Normally, you can lose a bit of time on them but I think they’re great.
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