Spanish GP winner Lewis Hamilton explains tense radio messages with race engineer

New World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has played down his tetchy radio exchanges with his race engineer during the course of his Spanish GP win.

"Never have I had a car like this and a gap like this in Formula 1 before. Nico did a fantastic job today, he was very quick. I struggled to keep him behind, but I'm grateful that I was able to. "But I just feel such a huge blessing for not only me but all the guys in the team because of all the hard work they've done for many years now and finally they've started to see the fruits of their labour. "For me, I'm enjoying every moment, every step of the way and today it's really great we have our board members and bosses from Mercedes [here]. Every time [Mercedes Chairman] Dr Zetsche came last year we generally had a bad race so it was really important to get a good result for him and get rid of that bad luck that he thought he was bringing."

Hamilton's tense radio exchanges

Engineer: "The rear tyres are cool, we are not sure if we are over protecting them."
Hamilton: "No! I already have oversteer, I am not going to open up my diff and give myself more." Engineer: "Lewis, zero to Nico last lap, gap 3.8."
Hamilton: "Where have you been the last few laps?"
Engineer: "Just letting you get through the traffic." Engineer:" Three turns down the for next stop."
Hamilton: "No, not three, why are you doing that? I want the normal two." Hamilton: "How was last lap? Was it too slow?"
Engineer: "No pace was good at the end of the stint."
Hamilton: "Then why did you bring me?"
Engineer: "We are keeping you on the optimum strategy. Gap to Nico four seconds."
Hamilton: "It used to be 5.2." Hamilton: "How much time did I lose in the pit-stop?"
Engineer: "Nico lost more in traffic, don't worry about that now."