Despite having the ideal start for Sunday's Australian GP, Lewis Hamilton reckons he could have done better during qualifying.
The McLaren driver got his title quest off to the best start possible in Melbourne when he clinched pole position ahead of BMW's Robert Kubica.
Even better for Hamilton, though, is that his main rival and defending Champ Kimi Raikkonen will start P16 on the grid after a fuel pressure problem put an end to his Saturday afternoon.
However, even if Raikkonen had stuck around to challenge for pole position, Hamilton reckons he still would have landed it as there was even more to come from his MP4-23.
"I can do better," the 23-year-old said.
"For sure, being pole is a great feeling but there is always improvements you can make but the lap started off very well but finding the gap is very tricky.
"I had a huge gap and in the last corner I saw a Williams up ahead and I was two or three tenths behind it the whole lap.
"It was a great qualifying session, a bit nerve wracking at the beginning. I didn't get a great lap and got held up by traffic, it wasn't easy finding the gap today.
"It was harder than I experienced in the past, but I found a gap at the end. Still felt I lost a bit of time through the lap."
But despite starting from pole position Hamilton admits he's a bit wary of the actual race start as it'll be his first in F1 without the use of electronic aids.
"Obviously the start (is a concern). Everyone is starting with the new regs and it makes the starts trickier, and tomorrow you will see a wide range of good starts and bad starts," he said.
"Last year the same but this year trickier. I am happy to be on the cleaner side for once."
