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06 January 2007
The relationship between Hamilton and team-mate Fernando Alonso is at an all-time low following a qualifying infringement, which saw Alonso deducted five starting positions.
Hamilton, who secured a pole-to-flag victory at the Hungaroring to extend his championship lead over Alonso to seven points, said: "Going on from now we need to analyse the weekend, and we do need to sit down and talk as a team and reunite, and I have no worries about it."
But following the war of words between Hamilton and Alonso, now there is just a simmering silence that will test team boss Ron Dennis's man-management skills.
"He (Alonso) doesn't seem to be speaking to me, so I don't know if he has a problem," added Hamilton. "I hope he still speaks to me. I'm easy to get on with. I don't hold grudges over anyone.
"But if he doesn't want to speak to me, then that's for him to decide. But I'm open. If I walk in and I see him then I will speak to him, but I am not going to go looking for him and make him feel better."
Hamilton has at least cleared the air with Dennis following their four-letter bust-up over the team radio at the end of qualifying.
"I've been working with Ron for nearly 10 years now, so what has happened is quite a big event and a problem for the team," said the 22-year-old.
"But we sat down, we spoke about it and came to a mutual understanding and started with a clean slate as. The relationship we have is very strong and something like this is not going to come between us, so we will move on to bigger and better things."
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