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In the mid-season poll Mark Webber was voted as Lewis Hamilton’s main F1 championship contending racing driver with 3715 fan votes in total.

0%, 9 votes – Felipe Massa
3%, 113 votes – Fernando Alonso
26%, 976 votes – Jenson Button
43%, 1611 votes – Mark Webber
1%, 24 votes – Michael Schumacher
1%, 20 votes – Nico Rosberg
26%, 962 votes – Sebastian Vettel

Comparing this mid-season poll compared to the start-of-season poll things have changed quite drastically. Fernando Alonso who was previously voted to be the main challenger by a margin with 38%, this has now dropped to 3% of the total votes.

Whoever will challenge Lewis for the rest of the season it sure looks to be rounding up a great 2010 season with Lewis Hamilton having superb changes for the F1 driver’s championship.

The Formula 1 season just passed halfway and Lewis Hamilton is leading the championship by 12 points, ahead of his McLaren team mate Jenson Button. The season seems to be shaping up nicely for Lewis and McLaren. The Red Bull’s fighting each other recently has helped Lewis to do super well in the last few races getting 86 points from a possible 100!
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Lewis Hamilton drove a fantastic race today at Silverstone in England. His interview after the race:
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Lewis Hamilton post-race interview:

“Into Turn One, I was very close to Seb [Vettel], I went for the gap, I out-braked him and we went into the corner side-by-side. He gave me room, but we touched and the contact damaged my front wing.

“When the Safety Car came out, the team did a great job to change the nosebox and tyres. After that my pace was much better and I was able to push Seb, but it’s impossible to pass around here when the cars are so closely matched.

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Lewis Hamilton had a superb weekend in Canada. Taking pole position on Saturday and then winning the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton’s comments after the race:

“It was an incredibly challenging afternoon, especially in the last 20 laps, when I was trying to look after my tyres while also keeping Jenson and Fernando [Alonso] behind me. It wasn’t easy, I can tell you that!

“This track is unique – you can never be too confident, because you really have to look after your tyres, and it’s so hard to know how long you can make them last. Fernando put a lot of pressure on me. We had a really good battle, but, although he was pressing me hard, I was able to pull out a small gap and then maintain it. It was such a sensational feeling to cross the line.

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Lewis Hamilton drove another awesome race and this time the wheels held together and finished 1st in Turkey!

Lewis Hamilton:

“It was quite an eventful race. I didn’t get a great start, it looked like I had a better reaction than Mark [Webber], but the car just didn’t seem to be going anywhere. Fortunately, I was able to attack Sebastian [Vettel] into Turn Three – I got past him, which was a relief, then I was challenging Mark for a long time, before I lost some time to him at the pitstop, when my right rear took longer than normal to go on.
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Lewis Hamilton did very well to qualify in 3rd position in Barcelona, Spain. The Red Bull cars seem to be a far superior package compared to the rest of the field with their Adrian Newey designed Formula 1 car.

Lewis Hamilton’s comments:

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Lewis Hamilton qualified in 6th position in China and had the following to say:

I’m a little disappointed – we wanted to get pole today, and thought we could –, and I don’t really know where the time went in Q3.

The tyres felt fine – pretty much exactly the same as in Q1 and Q2, when the car felt great – but in Q3 the car started moving around a lot more, and it felt like the front was bottoming.

We’d been quick all weekend, but sixth was the best I could do in Q3. I think we ought to have been further up the grid – but we’ll fight our way as far up the field as we can tomorrow. I’m sure it will be a good race.

Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time in the 2nd free practice session in China with 1m 35.217s, followed by Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg with 1m 35.465s compared to Jenson Button’s 1m 35.593s. Michael Schumacher was 4th in the second Mercedes on 1m 35.602s. The two Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber completed the sub-1m 36s runners with respective times of 1m 35.791s and 1m 35.995s.

Lewis Hamilton’s comments:

We may have topped the timesheets in each session, but I don’t necessarily think today’s times make us the favourites for this race. The car does feel good, but our pace looks pretty similar to some of the other cars on long runs.

Everyone talks about us having a straight-line advantage, but that’s not true – other cars have the same speed as us at the end of the straight. We’re a little bit quicker than some teams, but, equally, they’re able to run more downforce. It’s about getting a good balance – and we feel we’ve got that.

We’re continuing with the good feeling we felt in Malaysia, but we’ve made some further subtle changes and they were encouraging. I come out of today with a positive feeling – we’ll now keep our heads down and concentrate on gaining a strong qualifying position tomorrow.