Hamilton admits he put his foot in it

We've all been there, we've said something in the heat of the moment which we immediately wonder why on earth we'd say something like that.

In the heat of moment verbal diarrhoea can affect anyone of us at any-time, let alone after two hours of driving a Formula One car at 100+ mph inches away from concrete barriers around the streets of Monaco.

And that is what certainly struck a frustrated Lewis Hamilton on Sunday.

His weekend was affectively ruined on Saturday when he could only qualify ninth, on Sunday he showed why he can be the most exciting driver in the paddock, pulling off a fantastic overtaking manoeuvre on Michael Schumacher, but also that he isn't perfect by crashing into both Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Williams's Pastor Maldonado.

The incidents cost him a drive through penalty during the race and a 20 second penalty after the race, which left the 2008 Formula One World champion in a disappointing sixth, while championship leader Sebastian Vettel extended his lead with yet another win.

When asked by BBC's Lee McKenzie why he thought he had been pulled into a meeting with the stewards for the fifth time in six races, Hamilton laughed and sarcastically said: 'Maybe it's because I'm black. That's what Ali G says. I don't know.'

The comment was bound from frustration, ultimately just trying to relieve the tension from a disappointing weekend. But ultimately resulted in another meeting with the stewards to explain his comments.

'It was a bit of a joke, which wasn't funny at the time. I made them aware that when emotions are high - and it's very intense at the end of those kind of races - you don't always say the right thing. Hamilton told Autosport Magazine.

Hamilton leaving a meeting with the stewards