Lewis Hamilton was unfazed by recent criticism from his fellow drivers for his 'weaving' manoeuvre in Malaysia two weeks ago and is instead focused on a strong performance in tomorrow's Chinese Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver got away with a warning after he had moved from side to side across the track in an attempt to defend his position from Renault's Vitaly Petrov.

That resulted in a number of his rivals approaching FIA race director Charlie Whiting for a clarification on the rule whilst asking for future cases of the move to result in a drive-through penalty.

The incident was discussed at a Grand Prix Drivers' Association meeting in Shanghai on Friday while a number of drivers have publicly voiced their disapproval of Hamilton's actions in the build-up to tomorrow's race.

But Hamilton believes it has all been a big fuss over nothing and is concentrating on securing the best finish possible in tomorrow's race.

"My approach to racing is always the same," he said. "I feel the ruling was fair. He (Charlie Whiting) gave us a warning and I discussed with him that it is not something he wants to see and so I won't do that again. It is lesson learned and we moved forward.

"I don't know why the guys were fussing about it but it was not really much of a problem for me. They seemed to be talking about it for some time."

After having to fight from further back on the grid in the past two races, Hamilton finally has the chance to challenge for the podium again after securing sixth place on the grid today.

It will be no easy task for the 2008 champion, with team-mate Jenson Button in fifth while he will also have to get past the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

The race will be Red Bulls to lose after Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber locked up the front two places on the grid and Hamilton is under no illusions as to the difficulty of his task.

"I have no game plan as yet," he added. "I think we just need to prepare ourselves for tomorrow and clearly we have to do the best job we can, that is what we have had to do in the last couple of races.

"Being at the front is a bit harder, in the last couple of races I have been further back but had decent pace and been one of the quickest cars in the last two races.

"The further forward you are you get the cars that match your pace and for sure it will be hard to match the Ferraris and the Red Bulls.

"I don't see why we can't make a step forward. That is always the goal for myself and Jenson and there is no reason why we can't get a one-two if things play in our favour."

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