Lewis Hamilton: “He just didn’t leave me any room…”

Lewis Hamilton is in the headlines again after his clash with Jenson Button in Montreal.

He had already tangled with Mark Webber at the first corner, meaning that he has now had four controversial incidents in two races.

Regarding the contact with Webber, he said: “He seemed to brake a little bit early, and I braked down the inside and tried to take the inside line.

“I was trying to overtake, I just understeered a little bit, and we collided. I haven’t seen it on the data, but it wasn’t intentional. I had a little bit of damage, but that’s racing.”

On the later incident, he said: “It appeared Jenson braked quite late and outbraked himself into the chicane, and he got a very poor exit, and I got quite a good exit and pulled up alongside him.

“He continued to pull across, whether or not he saw me or not, and there was no room for me, there was no run-off, so I was just in the wall. Kinda lucky we didn’t take both ourselves out.

“There was nothing I could do, it was too late for me to bail out. He just didn’t leave me any room.

“I don’t think it was intentional, I know Jenson quite well, he wouldn’t do that. I thought I was alongside him. Well, it doesn’t matter now.”

Asked what kind of discussion he might have with the stewards, Lewis said: “I have no idea. Have a safe trip home, hopefully.”

Hamilton said he was looking forward to the next race.

“Onwards and upwards, I just go the next one and try and stay out of trouble. It will be great if we can qualify a little bit higher, and maybe avoid being in these positions, but that’s the way it is.”