According to Hamilton......

[StuartMcKay]

..........everyone kept getting in his way in Spain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/135663...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/2011/05/2...

Personally I didn't see it from any of the drivers mentioned, but the car being lapped has to move out of the faster drivers way within 3 blue flags/lights. As long as they were complying with that then that's fine and within the rules. I would expect of the 2 torro rosso's to abuse that rule right to the limit but not Schumacher since it's a Mercedes engine in the Mclaren!!

[Jasandjules]

Well, if he added in that he lost a good second or three during pitstops that would be right..... If he'd not lost that time I reckon he'd have come up a fraction in front of Vettel at the last change and might well (should well) have won that race.

[deadslow]

He only came close because his bezzi pal, Fred Alonso, was kind enough to park in front of Seb for 18 laps

[cosicave]

Byron Young: the Mirror's reporter, has now claimed (on Twitter) to have spoken to Hamilton who he says has flatly denied having said it in the first place!

Although I felt there may have been a subtle interference, it is equally likely that this story is the product of some Chinese whispers…

• Apologies for no time to search for a link right now but I'm sure anyone can see it on Twitter if they care to look.

[CocoUK]

As above, obey the blue flag rule, and tough sheet what anybody else thinks, not that I actually believe this story carries weight from Hamilton.

[Evangelion]

Hamilton talks a good race as usual.

[Jasandjules]

Evangelion said:

Hamilton talks a good race as usual.

He tends to drive a fairly good race too......

[stew-S160]

I did see a couple of possibly moments when back markers got out the way quicker for Vettel than Hamilton, but that may have been due to the back markers not realising that there were two cars passing?

[Phil-CH]

There was a very particular one where a backmarker held up Hamilton quite a bit, costing him at least 5 tenths. Brundle mentioned it and they even showed the replay of Hamilton waving at the backmarker as he went past. Not sure now which backmarker that was though. The frustrating must be deep when catching a near invincible RedBull over the course of many laps and then being set up by a few tenths that will again take time to shorten the gap again.

Would it have made a difference? Probably not - the RedBull was too quick in that last corner before the straight, so it most likely wouldn't have changed a thing. Over the entire lap though - Hamilton was the clearly quicker. With how easy it was to pass thanks to DRS in the last race, it must have been a bit frustrating to not get past Vettel.

[Evangelion]

Now he's saying that the two Red Bull teams are deliberately conspiring to hold him up. He must have been in a different race from the one I was watching, 'cos for most of it all I could see between him and Vettel was 0.6 seconds of fresh air.

It's amazing he hasn't become paranoid, what with everybody being against him.

Edited by Evangelion on Friday 27th May 09:45

[Tjw85]

Evangelion said:

Now he's saying that the two Red Bull teams are deliberately conspiring to hold him up. He must have been in a different race from the one I was watching, 'cos for most of it all I could see between him and Vettel was 0.6 seconds of fresh air.

It's amazing he hasn't become paranoid, what with everybody being against him.

Edited by Evangelion on Friday 27th May 09:45

It would be good to see a quote of where you heard him say that. The interviews I've seen him in he's pretty happy to be anywhere near Vettel in the last race in Spain. He was saying that the Redbull is just too fast in the 3rd and last corners. I'm prepared to be corrected though.

[NotNormal]

Personally I think he's just using the media to play mind games with the oposition and making sure people are aware of what could go on in the run up to the Monaco race which as we all know is notorious dificult to overtake on, and probably still will be, even with all the new toys and artificial tyres they have this year.

All teams use the media to play these sorts of games so nothing to get surprised at IMO

[Evangelion]

Tjw85 said:

Evangelion said:

... stuff about Hamilton saying that the two Red Bull teams are deliberately conspiring to hold him up ...

It would be good to see a quote of where you heard him say that ... I'm prepared to be corrected though.

Daily Mirror, today, page 76, headline: I'M BEING 'BULL'IED.

"Lewis Hamilton has accused the two Red Bull teams of collusion ... called publicly for them to be penalised if it happens again ... 'If it happens in Monaco it's a big problem' ... 'I just hope the stewards are aware of it' ... Hamilton will not lodge a complaint with the FIA ... 'I've mentioned it to the team so now it's up to them' ... Christian Horner denied allegations of collusion ... 'The teams operate totally independently' ... "

etc.