Hamilton fidgets while Kovalainen talks

By Alan Baldwin

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A toilet break made all the difference to Lewis Hamilton's demeanour at the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday.

Outqualified by his happy McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen, the 23-year-old had to sit agonisingly through a news conference before being allowed to answer the call of nature.

His body language and nervous fidgeting appeared to indicate that he was unhappy with his performance after making what he said was the wrong tyre call and qualifying third.

Kovalainen will start second and on the front row for the first time.

"I chose the wrong tyre. It didn't give me the performance and the car didn't feel great, no," the Briton said tersely in reply to one question.

Questioned further about his evident disappointment, last year's rookie sensation and overall championship runner-up finally came clean.

"I just need the toilet, that's all," he explained.

"And I'm really wondering whether Heikki is really Finnish because his answers are longer than I've ever known."