Hamilton hugs Button, makes peace with team

LONDON - Lewis Hamilton has mended fences with McLaren a day after castigating his Formula One team for denying him a podium with their "fricking terrible" pitstop strategy at the Australian Grand Prix.

"The team has explained to me its reasoning behind the second pitstop, and I can understand what it was trying to do," the 2008 world champion said on his website (www.lewishamilton.com) on Monday.

Hamilton had been chasing Renault's Robert Kubica for second place when McLaren told him to come in for a second change of tires.