30 minutes until the start: Lewis Hamilton's comment

      Lewis Hamilton had a poor qualifying session and hopes to make up for it in the race...

      Lewis Hamilton: "Time will tell what we can achieve starting from the back row. I think the car was working quite well in practice, but no one did long runs, so it's a kind of new situation for everyone, especially since yesterday's rain washed a layer of rubber off the asphalt.

      It will be interesting to see how we'll all warm the tyres, how to manage their wear, and what strategies everyone will use. We'll do everything we can, but we'll have to solve some very difficult problems. Yesterday we were just unlucky because of the rain, but that's life! So today a lot of cars will be starting ahead of me, and it's going to be a long race.

      A year ago I managed to finish second after starting from tenth. Fighting your way forward from such a far-back starting position isn't much fun, but I'll try to do everything possible."