Hamilton's drive 'inspirational'

Sunday 23 October 2011 19:12 BST

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McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh lauded Lewis Hamilton for his second-place finish behind Seb Vettel in South Korea. "Lewis's drive was inspirational," he said. "He may be downplaying it, because he's a perfectionist and he wanted to win, but to withstand such enormous pressure, for lap after lap, from a faster car, was a drive worthy of the great champions."

After finishing 12sec adrift of Vettel and four-tenths of a second ahead of the German's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, Hamilton said: "It was one of my strongest races this season. There was so much pressure it would've been easy to make a mistake."

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Hamilton's drive 'inspirational'