Q: Another retirement must be desperately disappointing for you.
Lewis Hamilton: It is. But you just have to put it behind you. And there were different circumstances behind each incident. I've already said that I was probably a bit too opportunistic in Monza; but, in Singapore, I've seen the replay and I was half a car-length ahead of Mark, and on the racing line. It's just very frustrating that in Italy, I tapped the car in front and it broke my front suspension, and in Singapore, the car behind tapped me and punctured my tyre. I've been unlucky both times.

Q: It's your third non-finish in four races - is that starting to get to you?
LH: No. On Sunday night, I was obviously exceptionally disappointed - it's always difficult to get your head around things when you've just retired from a grand prix - and it takes time to come to terms with that. Clearly, it's not been a good run of results, but I don't look at those races and think what might have been, or what additional points I might have if I'd finished. There's no point. You just need to look at the situation facing you, and work your hardest to do your best. So I don't look at my retirements in Spain, or Hungary, or in the last two races as what's been lost. I'm just looking ahead at the next four races - I haven't won at any of those tracks, so I'll be even more motivated than ever to make amends for that.

Q: Are you beginning to think this isn't going to be your year?
LH: Absolutely not. I spoke with the team on Sunday night, and we looked at things in their proper perspective: I'm still third overall in the points table, and I'm 20 points off the championship leader. That's still less than a race win - it's easy to get disheartened by being 20 points away, because it sounds such a lot, but under last year's rules, that's only about eight points - and to be eight points off with four races left is nothing really.

Q: Will these two recent collisions change your approach?
LH: No. I'm a racer. I always race my heart out, and nothing will ever change that.

Source: McLaren F1