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Pressured Hamilton has team's backing
23 June 2008Under-pressure Lewis Hamilton has his team's backing to deal with the latest turn of events in France in which he suffered another penalty and failed to score. Team boss Martin Whitmarsh has backed his lead driver as Hamilton himself hits out at the press for their critical treatment of him.
"I think Lewis always comes out fighting," Whitmarsh told Autosport. "With what he had this weekend, two penalties, he did a great job. In the middle of the race, on heavy fuel both our drivers were very quick. There was nothing wrong with his mindset in the car and is is strong enough to deal with it out of the car too."
"There's a great expectation thrust upon him and that goes with the territory," he added. "If you're going to try and lead in the sport as a team or driver, you set high expectations of yourself and that's placed with your fans and they're going to reflect that upon you."
"He knows that, we know it and when people stop talking about us then we know we're not competitive enough," he went on. "Lewis will be determined at every race and he will be extra determined at Silverstone. We have had a nightmare start to the season and he is 10 points away from leading the drivers' championship."
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