Hamilton’s Frustration: Should The Korean Grand Prix Have Started Sooner?

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Published: October 24, 2010

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Who's got spirit? Lewis Hamilton's got spirit.

Yet no one else seemed raring to go in South Korea as the rain lashed down causing race director Charlie Whiting to begin the first 15 laps behind a safety car, over the course of 80 minutes. This included two stand still periods as the cars formed on the starting grid waiting to be given orders.

In the first foray into the drenched new track it was visibly tricky for all involved. The spray from one car to another meant that visibility was minimal. It was not the worst in history, by a long margin, yet it was treacherous.

The second display of safety car domination however lasted desperately longer. This seemed to owe in part to the drivers dictation of Charlie Whiting. He stalled on bringing the safety car in for well over half an hour.

It emerged through radio transmission that Lewis Hamilton was giving the all clear. At one point he cheekily claimed that intermediate tires would soon be needed.

Sadly the likes of Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel proclaimed otherwise.

In a track that was quite clearly improving though, was this just a ploy to take the initiative away from the Mclaren team? Lewis Hamilton looked to seize upon the opportunity of having a car that traditionally would excel in wet weather conditions.

His fourth place could seemingly be edged into a possible win, given the uncertainty of the Ferrari's and Red Bull's in rain.

The ever cautious Jenson Button seemed to halt Hamilton's opinion, however, as he too proclaimed that the track was not accommodating.

Then we caught wind of a neutral perspective from Renault driver Robert Kubica, who further enhanced the idea that accidents would happen if the race was to lose the safety car.

Maybe a chorus of 'I told you so' was required when the action eventually got under way and indeed a multiple number of collisi...
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