Question: Lewis, if I can ask you your feelings about this race. You have qualified fourth here both years though of course you had a penalty and raced to second in 2007.
Lewis Hamilton: My experiences here haven’t been so bad. For sure we have not had the best result here the last year. I would have been third but we had a bit of a problem with the pit stop. But generally it has not been one of my strongest circuits but one that I am working very hard on and one that I really enjoy. The weather is always great, though it is not at the moment. I think it is the toughest race of the year due to the climate, so it is a challenge for all of us. This weekend is going to be very tough again and we don’t have as quick a car as any of these guys particularly here but we are doing the best job we can with it.
Question: Tell us about your experiences with KERS in Melbourne. When did you use it and did you feel it was a benefit?
Lewis Hamilton: We used it every lap. It is the same for everyone else who has KERS. You use it as much as you can. There are some opportunities when you are behind sometimes to use it all in one lump which does definitely give you a little bit extra end of straight speed to get a toe and have a better chance of overtaking. But it still ends up with you having to overtake at the end of the straight with a late manoeuvre. But who knows? Maybe here it will be even better with longer straights.
Question: And you expect to use it here?
Lewis Hamilton: As far as I know. We haven’t been told differently but we are fortunate that it is reliable enough at the moment but we definitely need to work harder to make it better.
Question: The weather make the change, the difference? Is there somebody else who can fight for victory in this Grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton: When it’s wet for sure it makes it more of a lottery for everyone. It becomes more of a challenge for everyone. It’s not necessarily the fastest cars that can win. It’s who can keep the car on the track and who is in the right place at the right time, so for sure anyone from the back can have the same opportunity as the one at the front.
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