Haha sorry but this has to be put inside this thread:-
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, who finished eighth: "I am proud of myself and the team. We did a good job to come all the way from the back, we battled through and conserving the tyres was tough. Someone told me that I was only the person on a two stop, so I think that considering everyone keeps telling me that I am hard on tyres and how much smoother my team-mate is, I think that should show them. I just nursed them all the way through. I just cleared my mind and got on with it from the back of the grid. It was like being back in the karting days. Sometimes I would turn up with my dad and that is something that we would have to do."
Very good point to be honest. Tyre deg at this track is higher than most throughout the year and Lewis did a 30 lap stint and was the only car to 2 stop. Jenson pitted a few laps after him for the final stint (and thus had fresher tyres) yet still finished 7 seconds behind him.
We all know Jenson on the whole has an ability to nurse tyres at times and Hamilton sometimes uses his tyres more, but we also know that ultimately Lewis is faster than Jenson over a single lap. I think this proves that the only reason Hamilton uses his tyres more than Jenson is because he decides to drive faster and because he "can" drive faster. When it comes to looking after tyres, he is more than capable.