“Given that, then we had a brake issue halfway through (the race) as well, then we stayed out probably too long in the first stop, came out behind traffic and it went from one thing to another, so I’m...

Hamilton revealed he ran over a groundhog – which damaged his Ferrari car – in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.

But the seven-time world champion, a vegan and well-known animal lover, was more concerned with the "horrible" death of the groundhog.