SHANGHAI: Lewis Hamilton looked so isolated, sitting on the media platform yesterday alongside three of his biggest critics - Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Robert Kubica.

All three had, earlier in the week, condemned the McLaren F1 racer's aggressive driving style in the Japanese Grand Prix.

But, asked if he was going to be more cautious at Sunday's Shanghai Grand Prix, Hamilton answered: 'No.'

Did he feel that his driving was at all dangerous in any way?

'Not really.'

Did he notice the negative comments?

'I've not really paid any attention.'

Despite his lead on Ferrari's Felipe Massa being cut to five points going into the second-last race of the season, Hamilton insisted prudence was not on his agenda.

'When we have not such good races, there's always going to be criticism,' he said.

'You move forward, you put it in the past. Coming here, I feel as strong as I always do. It's motor-racing, what can you do? I don't plan on changing my approach.'

BMW-Sauber's Kubica, who still carries slim hopes of winning the title this season, reminded the Briton that more than points are at stake at every race.

The Pole, who had this week called Hamilton 'dangerous', said that if nothing happens, everything is fine. But, if something happens, then everyone will realise the danger.

Renault's Alonso, who has won the last two races, was in ebullient form and in no mood to backtrack on his comments about helping Massa to the title, despite the presence of Hamilton yesterday.

'You prefer some drivers to win or some teams to win compared to some others,' he said, showing the continued ill-feeling between him and McLaren, where his single campaign last season ended in acrimony.

Hamilton was unfazed.

'What the others do is none of my business,' he said. 'I will do my job and that's the most important thing.'

The scrutiny does not end there. His on-track behaviour will be brought up in today's drivers' briefing with F1 race director Charlie Whiting in Shanghai

Toyota's Jarno Trulli is upset about the way Hamilton behaved when the Italian tried to lap him in Japan - claiming he lost valuable seconds that cost him the chance of beating Nelson Piquet's Renault for fourth place.

'I am definitely unhappy,' he told Autosport. 'Lewis did not even watch the mirrors because he came back on the track right in front of me and he held me up for two laps.

'He should have paid more attention because he was more or less out of the race.'

Mark Webber has said he wants to raise with Whiting the way that Hamilton approached the first corner in Fuji - even though the Briton was already handed a drive-through penalty for forcing Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen off the track.

'We lost a marshal at Monza (in 2000) when there were guys moving around in the braking areas and it is very hard to change your line if you don't know what is going to come,' he said.

But both drivers denied that rivals were picking on Hamilton amid his challenge for the world championship, saying instead that their efforts were aimed at making the sport safer.

A similar question was put to Raikkonen, Kubica and Alonso: Were they simply jealous of Hamilton?

Said Kubica: 'I'm pretty happy with what I'm doing.' Alonso added: 'I'm very happy.' And Raikkonen said: 'I wouldn't change my life.'