Q & A with Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton: Yeah, I think so. When you do a clean lap and you are just coming up to it at 200mph, you might want to keep the advantage that you have gained but not lose it. You cannot enter it and think 'I want to be even faster here than I have been previously', because you will miss the chicane and that will be your lap over.

So it is quite nerving when you do come to that corner, but you just need to grip the steering wheel hard, you have got to try and use as much of the kerb as you can without unsettling the car and try not to end up in the wall on the exit. I was very, very close to that, but that is what it is all about.

Q. You have said that this is the best feeling you have ever had. Does that include sex as well?

LH: I think it is completely different. You cannot compare it to sex. But you know? I would say it is better than sex. It is!

Q. You have been asked probably every question that you could be asked, how have you dealt with all this intrusion into your private life?

LH: I am just trying to take it in my stride. It is all a really new experience for me. This is my sixth Grand Prix and already there has been a lot of attention. But I get to race a Formula One car around the track, and it is just an amazing feeling. And anything else that comes into it doesn't matter. There is no intrusion.

There have been some things printed in the papers, but I don't really look at it. It doesn't particularly bother me. I get on with it and enjoy my life. I spend a lot of time with my family and friends, and at the moment it is okay. I am sure it is going to get worse and worse, but I will learn to deal with it.

Q. We are going to Indianapolis next week. Does it mean anything to you?

LH: Well, I don't think it is good to get ahead of ourselves. We still haven't done this race, but I have always watched the Indy 500. I was really happy for Dario Franchitti as he won recently and I was able to watch that. But apart from that it is just another circuit. It will be a great experience I am sure.

Q. You were seen talking to Charlie Whiting yesterday. What was that about?

LH: We were talking about perhaps meeting up soon for dinner. He just said that I was doing a fantastic job, and he was asking me how I feel. We were discussing when we could meet up. Perhaps it will be at the next race?

Q. When you set your pole position time Fernando was also on his lap and had gone purple in the first sector. Were you aware of his progress?

LH: I wasn't. I came across the line and obviously I was the first guy out in Q3, and obviously Kimi passed me, but after the fuel burn and putting on my tyres I came out first ahead of everyone else. I knew that Fernando was on pole and I was P2, and I knew that after I came across the line that Fernando still had to finish his lap. And so did the other drivers.

Everything went quiet and I was waiting to hear. I was trying to look at some of the screens to see if I could see him on his lap, as I was sure the cameras would be following him. But I wasn't really aware. I knew he was going to be on a good lap, but I didn't know if he would beat it or not.