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A win lost?

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One year ago in Monaco, Lewis Hamilton was left fuming at Nico Rosberg's error in qualifying which prevented the British driver from completing his final flying lap and left him second to his team-mate on the grid. Rosberg duly went on to win from pole, but Hamilton's claim today that he "could have easily had [a 14s] gap last year" shows he felt it was another case of a victory snatched away. The chances keep slipping by in Monaco...

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.