Lewis Hamilton was in surprisingly relaxed mood after the Canadian GP, given his short – and fraught – afternoon on the track.
When we caught up with him he insisted that he had no problem with his incident with Jenson Button, and was just happy to see McLaren win the race.
“I don’t know why I don’t feel too frustrated today, but I feel quite relaxed,” said Hamilton when asked for his thoughts by the BBC’s David Croft. “I think tricky conditions probably made it a lot less possible for people to see me behind, perhaps even more difficult than perhaps it would be in the dry.
“There were incidents that were unintentional, times that we came together, but I’m happy with the team, everyone’s wearing the red [victory] shirts, and you don’t see that in other teams where people celebrate like we do, so I’m happy.”
The reference to ‘the team’ was intriguing, given suggestions that he is considering a move elsewhere.
Meanwhile he confirmed that he and Button had talked during the red flag.
“When they had the long break Jenson came up to the room and just said ‘Sorry about that I didn’t see you,’ and I said, ‘Yeah my fault entirely, I was in the wrong place really at the wrong time,’ and that’s it. We’re good team mates, I think.”
He said that luck would turn his way in the future: “You know what, I think you make your own luck. I feel very blessed to be here still in F1, fit, healthy and alive and still racing. There are many, many drivers that wish they could be in our position.
“Of course you could always hope for things to be better, but good times do come to those who wait. So I’ll just bide my time and hope that at some stage it will be mine.”
Adam Cooper F1 
I did wonder if JB might have been penalised had it been anyone other than his team-mate he moved across on. It’s clear he didn’t see him, the “block” was unintentional and was a racing incident in tough conditions, but that hasn’t stopped the stewards before.
I’d imagine that Lewis was called to JB’s defence and a common-sense decision was reached, but I’m not convinced that the same ruling would have been given if Hamilton’s car was a Ferrari, say.
JB drove Hamilton off the line and he knew that he was there. Team mates or not nobody likes getting passeed
You are absolutely right, he knew. That is why he quickly responded so quickly to the team…asking, “What is he (Lewis) doing”? Looking for the team to support him over Hamilton. It was a team players decision by Hamilton to save the win for his team by agreeing it was just a racing incident.
The stewarts have never given a favorable lengthy and detailed explanation for Hamilton. SPA 2009 comes to mind,. Hamilton was robbed of a victory and the win, and the championship, and the race win was presented to massa on a platter; who certainly did not deserve it. Lewis and Kimi made the race, and Kimi crashed out. I’m still trying to figure why they took the race from Lewis, he had an advantage over Kimi due to car and driving skills, he was quick..
Steve, if JB was that kind of driver, we would have seen them crashing before plenty of times.