Lewis Hamilton Has A Nightmare In Malaysia

Lewis Hamilton had a flyer last week in Australia and did not encounter any problems, this week was a complete contrast as Lewis seemed to have a complete nightmare in Sepang.

Hamilton’s woes began on Saturday when he and team mate Heikki Kovalainen were dropped five places on the grid for impeding Nick Heidfeld’s last qualifying lap. All seemed to be going well when Lewis managed to gain five places on the opening lap to claw his way back to fith place, he was then kept at bay by Red bulls Mark Webber. 

“I got a really good start and was pretty happy as we jumped five positions from ninth to fifth,” Said Hamilton. “I was pushing Mark for a very long time, but being behind someone, no matter how quick you are, it is really difficult to get past. We were in a good position for a shot at third place at least.”

Lewis went in for his first pit stop when disaster struck. The pitstop was supposed to get Hamilton back out on to the track into clear air for his middle stint but instead the front right wheel gun had some kind of malfunction that resulted in a loss of around 14 seconds which dropped him back to 11th place.

From this moment on the race was an uphil battle but Lewis continued to fight his way up the field to fith place. The afternoon could have been a lot worse and Lewis has gained four points from this weekend. Both he and Mclaren can now worry about Bahrain in two weeks time.