Lewis Hamilton Calls Race End 'Crazy'

Lewis Hamilton has described the end of the British Grand Prix as 'crazy'.

The Brit was put under pressure on the final lap from Felipe Massa and the pair came around the final corner together before Massa drove off the track.

Hamilton crossed the line less than a tenth of a second in front of Massa to claim a hard fought fourth place.

Speaking to Auto Sport after the race Hamilton said: "That's as close as it is going to get. It was crazy. First of all the team did a fantastic job with all the pit stops and really today, coming here knowing the support we had - I've never known so many people here at Silverstone.

"The support we have here is far beyond any driver will get anywhere else, I believe. Massively thankful for that. So I could feel them spurring me on and I had a good start, made some places up.

"Unfortunately at the end, with 21 laps to the end or something, I had to save fuel. Massively. So I had to give Webber the position and then the last lap they said 'okay, now you can push' and I was like 'oh, thanks' after I've let him [Massa] catch me up. But I was not giving him that position, no way."

It was an exciting British Grand Prix that saw a poor pit stop from Red Bull hand a victory to Fernando Alonso while team order stopped Mar Webber from trying to overtake Sebastian Vettel on the final lap as the German took second with Webber in third.

More errors in the pit saw Jenson Button forced to retire as his front right tyre wasn't put on correctly and had come off the car before he rejoined the race.

Hamilton's fourth place yesterday sees him move into fourth in the title race, on 109 points with teammate Button.

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