Hamilton shrugs off Premat incident.

Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off the incident with his team mate that cost him victory during feature race in Spain after Alexandre Premat conducted a controversial last lap move to take victory.

Although Hamilton was the slower of the two ART cars due to rapidly fading tyres, it was thought that Premat would not have time to pass the Brit but the Frenchman found a gap late on, muscling his way through in a move that caused Hamilton to spin.

However, despite the circumstances, Hamilton admitted he chose to give Premat room, accepting that the Frenchman made a mistake under braking that forced him to spin, blaming the state of his tyres for allowing his team mate a chance to pass as he spun.

"The last five laps my tyres were finished as I'd made a very early pitstop, and the last fifteen laps was really tough for me to try and stay consistent and keep the gap between me and Alex, and in the last five laps he was just getting closer and closer.

"In the last lap he got the run on me from turn nine, and I thought there was enough of a gap so I didn't go to the inside, and as I was turning in I saw that Alex was heading to that side, so I tried to give as much room as possible. I thought I'd given enough room at the exit, and as I accelerated away I think Alex just touched the rear or the side of me and spun me round, which is unfortunate.

"But this is racing, and fortunately I managed to get second, and I was lucky because
I just managed to pull the clutch and kept the motor running, because otherwise it would have been pretty disappointing, but I managed to get the points which is the most important thing for me and for the team."

Hamilton though is now level on points with Nelson Piquet after the Brazilian received a drive-thru penalty which pitched him from the lead into fourth and will start the sprint race from seventh on the grid.