Lewis Hamilton: Kevin Magnussen's honest explanation for 'stupid tactics' in Miami GP Sprint 'pretty cool'

Lewis Hamilton commended Kevin Magnussen's 'honest' explanation for the strong-armed defensive tactics that saw the Haas driver pick up a succession of penalties in the Miami GP Sprint. In an entertaining 19-lap race with no shortage of incidents, Magnussen and Hamilton became embroiled in a fierce battle for the final point which saw the Haas driver employ increasingly desperate measures to defend eighth place from his Mercedes rival.

'I started using these stupid tactics which I don't like doing, but at the end of the day I did my job as a team player and Nico scored his points because I got that gap for him so Lewis and Tsunoda couldn't catch him. 'Not the way I like to go racing at all, but it was what I had to do today.' When Magnussen's comments was put to him, Hamilton gave a classy response to the Dane's reasoning.

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