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[darwin dali]

Lewis: I'm so hardcore


LEWIS HAMILTON apologised to his McLaren team after crashing out in Italy.

But he said: "I'm more a hardcore racer than people think. I'm just a racer. I'm sincerely sorry to my team. But they know I do absolutely everything to win races for them."

The world champion was pushing hard in the battle with fellow Brit Jenson Button for second at the Italian Grand Prix.

He hit a kerb at 170mph on Lesmo corner in Monza but walked away unhurt, despite slamming into the barriers.

Button finished second behind Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

Hamilton added: "Ninety-nine times out of 100 I'd have finished but every now and then, I'm bound to make small mistakes."

Hamilton, 24, knew he had to push to stand a chance of winning with his two-stop strategy, compared to Brawn's one-stop.

He said: "I needed to pull out a 20-second gap to the one-stoppers in the first stint, I was flat out.

"They came over the radio saying 'we need eight qualifying laps', so I gave eight. I was raised to never give up."

Hamilton also rubbished reports he has split with his Pussycat Dolls girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.

The Swiss-based racer said: "That is bulls***."

Bear with balls of steel

[darwin dali]

And the short version

[bud]

And the short version

[darwin dali]

And the short version

Did you check out Bear with balls of steel? The short version is a synopsis of the 2-hr program

[awesomerusty]

Heard he dropped Nicole,is that true?

[darwin dali]

Heard he dropped Nicole,is that true?

Did you read the article? He said no, but who knows...

[bud]

she is in her 30's maybe he wants a younger model

[Gilles 27]

i did always wonder what exactly they had in common...

[hypertek]

in her 30s shes probably wanting a kid or marriage

[awesomerusty]

in her 30s shes probably wanting a kid or marriage

i heard that she wanted a kid & marriage but Hamilton thought he was too young for marriage and being a father..so they broke up..

[Amanda]

Well said "That is bulls***" so who knows. Maybe we will be seeing her again

[Hexagram]

The crash was quite funny to be honest. Just when you start thinking Hamilton has matured into a better racing driver on and off and the track he crashes out in a very amateur way with 3rd place in the bag and no hope of 2nd and then comes out with interviews afterwards like that.

[bud]

The crash was quite funny to be honest. Just when you start thinking Hamilton has matured into a better racing driver on and off and the track he crashes out in a very amateur way with 3rd place in the bag and no hope of 2nd and then comes out with interviews afterwards like that.

no hope of second? laugh it up mate bet you would be the first to bag him if he just sat back and not fight for 2nd!

[JamesD89]

The crash was quite funny to be honest. Just when you start thinking Hamilton has matured into a better racing driver on and off and the track he crashes out in a very amateur way with 3rd place in the bag and no hope of 2nd and then comes out with interviews afterwards like that.

Very amateur indeed. A real professional racer would definitely prefer to pick up meaningless points rather than have a chance at winning.

Round of applause to Lewis for driving for himself.

[kerc]

I think something must have broke on the rear suspension after he went over the chicane; the car snapped too violently.