FORMULA 1: HAMILTON SAVES THE DAY FOR MERCEDES: Despite the team's bad call on tires, the champ wins Monaco

摘要

AFTER STARTING ON the Monaco Grand Prix pole and leading every lap, Lewis Hamilton returned to his engineers and doused Andrew Shovlin and strategist James Vowles with Champagne. It wasn't really a celebration. "That's for keeping me on those f***ing medium tires for 67 laps," Hamilton shouted as Shovlin tried to protect himself. Hamilton might have been proud and happy with what he had achieved - and relieved to be able to dedicate the win to the late team chairman, Niki Lauda - but more than anything, he was weary.