This year's Canadian Grand Prix winner, Lewis Hamilton, has publicly insisted to the media that he had the race under control, despite his team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg closely following him behind in second place throughout.
Lewis finished with a 2.2 second gap between himself and his German team-mate, Rosberg, and after they lined up to start the race as a one-two, they finished in the same vein as Mercedes racked up maximum points on another successful weekend for them, on a collective team level.
Hamilton was in cruise control for the majority of the race, and was not troubled after a solid start in the opening lap. Afterwards, he stated: "I didn't feel like I had the most comfortable balance. Generally I had a lot of understeer; I never felt too much under pressure but Nico was quick, but I always felt under control, I felt like I had a bit of time in my pocket to pull it out when I needed to. It was never too serious. It was a great race. I don't know what it was like to watch, but it felt intense. I really enjoyed it."
When asked about whether saving fuel was an issue: "I think there were two different approaches: they suggested that I pushed, got the gap and later on did my fuel saving. The problem with that is when the tyres are at their lowest in terms of rubber, they lose temperature and the brakes lose temperature and you lose too much pace. With about 25 laps to go, I was thinking I'll save all my fuel now, so I can push towards the end. I did enough and that's when Nico got close. But, I was able to fuel save while keeping out of the DRS and after that I was able to eke out what I needed."