Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama i muri i te wehenga atu o Alonso, i whakapumautia ko Heikki Kovalainen ka eke i te motokā tuarua mō McLaren i te taha o Hamilton, nāna i haina he kirimana hou mo te rima tau, e hia miriona pauna hei noho ki te kapa tae noa ki te tau 2012. I wikitoria a Hamilton i te whakataetae tuatahi o te tau, te, mai i te pou. I Malaysia, i mutu ia i te tuarima mai i te iwa i runga i te mata, i tukuna he whiu mo te aukati i te porowhita tohu a Nick Heidfeld. I hoki ia ki runga i te paepae i Spain
I mutu ia hei tuatoru, i mua i tana whakaoti i te tuarua i Turkey, a, i wikitoria i te whakataetae hei kaiārahi i te whakataetae. I Montreal, i hinga a Hamilton ki muri o Räikkönen i te wa o te whakataetae, i muri i te kore e kite i te Finn e tatari ana i te rama whero i te pito o te ara pit i te mea i haere te mara katoa i raro i te aratohu o te motuka haumaru, na reira ka mutu nga motuka e rua. I whakawhiwhia a Hamilton ki te whiu 10-wāhi mo te whakataetae e whai ake nei, te.