Hamilton Hits Back At Vettel's 'Monte Carlo Bus' Jibe

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Lewis Hamilton has hit back at Sebastian Vettel’s claim that he felt like he was stuck behind ‘two buses going for a cruise’ in Monte Carlo.

Mercedes pair Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who went on to win, took it easy over the opening laps in a bid to preserve their tires after locking out the front of the grid. That backed up the pack and prompted Red Bull’s triple world champion Vettel to have a pop.

In response to the ‘bus’ dig by Vettel, Hamilton, who finished fourth, said to f1.co.uk: ‘He has had the fastest car for the last four years, so it’s easy for him to say that. He’s got it easy. We are making our way up, we are learning, growing, improving with a car that has great potential, so I don’t agree with him.’

Hamilton has also said sorry to his team for the Monaco mistake which may have cost Mercedes a one-two finish.

The Brackley-based team looked to be on course for that as Rosberg led Hamilton for 29 laps but then until an accident involving Felipe Massa brought out the safety car.

It prompted a flurry of pit stops, with the Mercedes duo the last to change tyres and Hamilton the loser as he dropped from second to fourth behind Red Bull duo Vettel and Mark Webber.

In order to avoid double stacking directly behind Rosberg, the 28-year-old slowed and tried to maintain a gap he believed would help, only for it to backfire.

‘I wasn’t great under the safety car. The double pit stop didn’t help and the safety car didn’t help. It wasn’t the team’s fault, it was my mistake. I was told to have a six-second gap and perhaps I had a bit more than six seconds, so I lost out massively. I slowed down far too much. When I came round into the pit lane Nico had already done his stop and was gone, so that was really my fault. I apologise to the team if I lost them any points because without the safety car I think we could have had a one-two, so I was a little unfortunate. The win was obviously good for the team. I hope I can contribute points-wise and give them a one-two at some stage. I just have to keep working harder because the whole weekend was a missed opportunity.’

Lurking in the background, meanwhile, is the threat of sanctions from the World Motor Sport Council should the FIA decide to pursue a case against Mercedes for conducting a secret tyre test with Pirelli.

With in-season testing banned, Mercedes face the possibility of being fined, points deducted, banned for a race, or even excluded from the championship.

Hamilton said of the issue: ‘We were required to do some work, we did some work, it was good fun. Right now I’m not concerned about it, that’s for the team to worry about. I just have to focus on myself and try and get my act together.’
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If they really were buses then he should have found a way and pass them ...

PS. This is 2nd time i see Hamilton "crying" for something which is not true
1st Vettel was too agressive on kerbs - he can do the same thing if he wants to
2nd Vettel had the fastest car for 4 years - keep pointing that out keep thinking that Hamilton and u maybe win one title to the end of ur career, same goes for Alonso
 

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