16/06/2011
NEWS STORY
Bernie Ecclestone has leapt to the defence of Lewis Hamilton describing some of the recent criticism of the McLaren driver as "rubbish".
Without naming names, the F1 supremo dismissed claims by the like of Niki Lauda who has said Hamilton is a danger to himself and others and should be punished by the sport's governing body.
"People have been wrong to rubbish Lewis," said Ecclestone, according to the Independent. "What we want is people racing, and all the people who watch it want that.
"If you analyse what's been happening and how other drivers have been performing, Lewis shows up very well," he continued, "and so do Sebastian and Jenson. So let him race. That's what people like him do.
"I was very, very good friends with Senna," he added, "and if you look at what he did, he was a racer too, and people had to move over for him. Perhaps Lewis has made one or two questionable moves, but so have many of the others, and nobody bothers to look what's happening further down the field. It's always been like this. We saw a lot of people racing in Canada on Sunday, and Jenson did a super job. That's what the fans want to see."