Lewis Hamilton offers veiled apology after criticism of F1 bosses
‘I may not always react the way you want me to when tensions are high, but I am only human after all’
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton has offered a veiled apology for his claim that Formula One bosses are singling him out.
Hamilton's bid to match Michael Schumacher's record 91 victories at last Sunday's Russian Grand Prix went up in smoke when he was handed a 10-second penalty for performing two illegal practice starts ahead of the race.
The six-time world champion claimed afterwards that F1's governing body, the FIA, were finding new ways to stop him from winning.
But in a social media post on Tuesday, Hamilton wrote: "I may not always get it right in the face of adversity.
"I may not always react the way you want me to when tensions are high, but I am only human after all and I am passionate about what I do.
"I'm learning and growing every day, and I'll take my lessons and keep fighting on to the next one. Thank you to those who continue to support and are right there fighting with me."
Hamilton will now have to wait until at least a week on Sunday to match Schumacher's all-time tally at the Eifel Grand Prix.
F1's motorsport boss Ross Brawn, who played a strong hand in convincing Hamilton to leave McLaren for Mercedes, called on the British driver to learn from the incident.
Brawn said: "Personally, I would go away, lick my wounds and think about how I could prevent such incidences again in the future.
"That's what I know Mercedes will be doing. I know many of the people from my time at the team and they will recognise they have made some mistakes.
"Bad luck and mistakes happen, but it's how you respond that matters. It's easy to think the world is against you but there is nearly always something you could have done differently and you can learn from."
The F1 circus next heads to the Nurburgring for the first time since 2013 for the 11th of 17 rounds this year.
Despite Valtteri Bottas' triumph on Sunday, Hamilton, who finished third in Sochi, will head to Germany with a 44-point lead in his quest to win a record-equalling seventh world crown.
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