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Tuesday, 31 May 2011 @ 04:25

Lewis On Monaco

Lewis Hamilton apologised for his Monaco madness - but vowed never to change the way he races.

Hamilton did an amazing U-turn late last night by saying sorry to race rivals Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado.

Having slammed stewards at Monte Carlo in a race rant for penalising him, and calling Massa and Maldonado "frickin' unbelievable" and "stupid", he issued a fulsome apology on Twitter.

He said "Hey guys. I wanted to apologise 4 last weekends performance & also my comments after, I never meant to offend no 1." He added: "2 Massa & Maldonado, with the greatest respect I apologise if I offended u. Both of u r fantastic drivers who I regard highly."

Earlier Hamilton vowed he would quit racing rather than change his controversial style.

"In all honesty, I'll never stop racing the way I do," said Hamilton, who finished a disappointing sixth and now trails Sebastian Vettel by an enormous 58 points.

"That's what got me here, it's the way I am. I don't do it to offend people or to hurt anyone. I do it because I love racing. I feel like I can do it better than others.

"If it ever comes to a stage where I had to pull back and drive for fourth or fifth, that would not excite me. I probably wouldn't stay around for that.

"I'm here to race and here to win. If I have to lose that passion, it blows all the racing."

Swift action in returning to the stewards to explain his words appears, thus far, to have prevented further action for bringing the sport into disrepute. Asked earlier why he had appeared before them five times in six races, Hamilton responded, with a half-laugh: "Because I'm black. Isn't that what Ali G says?" In reality he was the architect of his own demise and his McLaren team had to accept their share of the blame.

Another cock-up in qualifying, plus blunders at a pit stop and with a steering wheel, just increased the pressure.

Hamilton revealed how his team had offered him the chance to retire when his wing was hanging off near the finish but he refused, consequently rescuing sixth place and eight points.

"At the first pit-stop no one was there to change the tyres. So all the tension just boiled up," he added.

"I had prepared myself the best this weekend, I was the fastest and I could have won the Grand Prix happily.

"Some things get in your way and you just have to suck it up and move on."

He is also hounded by his desire to match the feats of his idol Ayrton Senna who was ultimately defined by what he achieved here - six wins in seven years around the toughest track on earth.

"The passion's even greater here than elsewhere. Honestly, in my heart of hearts I believe I can own this circuit," he added.

"I feel I can be the fastest here. I was and not with the fastest car."

"I will recover from this weekend. There's a long way to go."

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