This is why I don't like him. Here's an answer he gave in the press conference after the race.
Q: (Tony Dodgins ? Autosport) Obviously the seeds of the win were sewn yesterday. I wonder if you can clear a couple of things up. First of all, the team said that this was one of the tracks where it wasn?t possible to do the same number of burn-off laps but then when you do the maths it seems as if it is. And secondly, the reason why you didn?t respect the agreement for Fernando to get out (of the pits) first. I think you said Kimi was close and I think you said you didn?t agree with it. Could you just elaborate a little bit please?
LH: Firstly, I finished my Q2 time first, so I came into the pits. They cooled down my car quickest, so I was at the end of the pit lane first, which is always the aim for me. It?s what I like to do, I like to be out first. When I was at the end of the pit lane, they reminded me ?Lewis, let Fernando past? and I saw that Fernando was sort of staggered to the right of me and Kimi was very very close behind that. So I immediately thought, OK, we can let Fernando past as long as we don?t let Kimi past because that puts me out of sync and could ruin my qualifying run. So I had to take a split (second) decision. I got round the first corner, I thought ?OK, if Fernando keeps with me, we will both make it, we?ll both have the pace.? So I pushed, I don?t know why he didn?t, but he dropped off quite a bit. I was told to let Fernando past later on but he was miles behind so I just kept going.
He was reminded about his requirements as a McLaren driver to let Fernando past TWICE. It's not hard to let Fernando past you and block the car behind him from passing, especially when you have the fastest car on the track.
Secondly, If he knew he had to let Fernando past before Qualifying had started, why did he need to make a split second decision as to whether or not he should do it. And then, why would he go off at break neck speed so that Fernando couldnt get near him to pass?
Thirdly, ok so he came into the pits in Q2 first, big deal. Sit there 5 seconds longer and allow Alonso past in the pit lane to head the cue.
I don't like Lewis Hamilton. We see in press conferences that he is a nice, smiling young man, but there is another side to him and I don't like it. I can't believe Im saying this as I like McLaren, but I wouldnt be upset if a Ferrari driver won the championship, if it means Lewis didnt win it.
And remember, it's his fault that McLaren got penalised for failing to stick to the pre-arranged plan. So I have no sympathy for him for not making his final lap. I hope Ron punishes him behind the scenes for the disrespect he showed on the radio.