Lewis Hamilton's start in Bahrain in his own words

I'm in Barcelona. It is great to be back at a circuit, ready for some track action. There is much to report but I am busy with the paper for now. Just one snippet that may be of interest. We saw Lewis today in the McLaren "brand centre" - the big round thing in the paddock - and he was asked about that terrible start he made in Bahrain. This was the moment a difficult weekend in the Gulf really went "west" for Lewis and it was largely responsible for him eventually finishing 13th.

This is what Lewis said about it: "Before you stop(on the grid) you are required to switch on the launch map. You have to do it before you stop. If you do stop and you haven't done it, you have a three second window. I stopped and I switched it on at four seconds. I thought it was on but it wasn't. So when I went into the sequence of doing the start, I realised it wasn't set in the right position and the anti-stall kicked in when I released the clutch. That was basically it - I had to try and pull away as quickly as possible."

Result: Lewis lost six places before the first corner and this was followed by his clash with Fernando. After that his race was more or less run.