LH:
It's not a problem. You guys have a job, we have a job and for sure the best way to deal with it is to keep on performing well. As long as I'm performing well, there's going to be good things said about me. And for sure, when I make mistakes, I expect you to write negative things. We work together, you have a job as do we, but we've just got to work together. It's not really a problem.
Q: (Alan Baldwin – Reuters).
Lewis, there was a quote from an
FIA spokesman in one of the papers this morning about the super-licence issue, saying that drivers who live in tax havens should maybe pay 15 percent of their incomes as a flat rate instead of the points system. What do you think of that?
LH:
I'm not going to tell you what I think of that!
DC:
I will. I'll tell you what I think of that. I think you people have got to understand the taxation system. Even if you're a non-resident in the UK, we still pay a percentage of our salaries to race at the British Grand Prix, so my contribution to the UK tax system is still considerably more than any of my family members who have got good jobs and who look after themselves. And I don't use all the facilities in the UK. I had this years ago, when I moved to Monaco, people making comments when they don't know what the real situation is. Our lifestyle choice is a lifestyle choice – everyone's free to make that and I think it's wrong of people to have a dig at someone else who's having perceived financial success and choosing to live in a country that suits his needs at that time.
LH:
That's a great answer.
Q: (Ian Parkes – The Press Association).
Lewis, if you were to compete in a triathlon with Jenson, are you pretty adept at all three of the events?
LH:
So, there's swimming, cycling and running. How far do you have to go? What is it? Fill me in, fill me in.
JB:
1.5 kms swim, 40 kms bike and a 10 kms run.
LH:
That's not too bad.
JB:
You've got three weeks to practise.
LH:
That's not too bad. I was just checking my calendar, so I wasn't being rude. I was trying to see whether I'm busy that day and unfortunately I don't think I am. No, honestly, the biggest incentive is, if I do beat you, then you've got some money for a charity which is great. However, you do have an advantage as you've already done one, and I already know that by doing one you're better the next time. But man, I'm up for it, I'm up for it.
