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Whitmarsh: Hamilton back at top of his game
McLaren has hailed Lewis Hamilton following his win at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and Team Principal, Martin Whitmarsh has branded it an ‘utterly brilliant victory’, one that puts the Englishman back top in the race for the 2010 F1 drivers’ title.
Hamilton led throughout at Spa-Francorchamps and while he did survive one very big moment near the end, when he went wide at turn eight and grazed the barrier, he got away with it and took his third maximum haul of the season, eventually finishing 1.5 seconds up on Red Bull’s Mark Webber.
“There’s no doubt about it: today we saw a truly fantastic race and an utterly brilliant victory,” Whitmarsh said. “Apart from one heart-stopping excursion, Lewis was in command of things from lights to flag, and drove prodigiously well all afternoon – all weekend, in fact.
“From the moment he went out on Friday morning, he was palpably excited about being here at Spa, and it was clear that he always felt confident that a win was on the cards. He really is at the top of his game at the moment and he’s back at the head of the drivers’ world championship standings too.
“I want to say a big ‘well done’ to everyone at McLaren Racing in Woking and at Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines in Brixworth, without whose relentless efforts we wouldn’t be back where Vodafone McLaren Mercedes belongs: at the front of the field, on the top step of the podium, in rocket-red victory T-shirts, spraying champagne.
“Monza? Bring it on!”
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