Hamilton: “The Silverstone tests are important”

If the common opinion in the circus is that the punishment inflicted on the Mercedes after the secret tests case Pirelli is minor, thinks differently Lewis Hamilton. Skipping the rookie tests at Silverstone is not positive.

“This is an important test during the year – he declared during a press conference in Brackley -. Also important because we planned many things, updates and more that we hoped to test in those three days."

“They are also important tests to test the tyres, to know where they are at and to get feedback in order to continue working on developments and improve on the simulator – he continued -. Skipping them certainly creates some difficulties for us and we risk falling behind. We're trying to figure out how to recover some other way.".

Hamilton then added that he deliberately tried not to get involved in FIA matters, although he was regularly updated on the situation and all its developments.

“To be honest, I tried my best not to give much weight to everything - has explained -. Ross updated me, but I was just trying to focus on the next race."

Finally, a thought goes to the team and the commitment made to make the single-seater increasingly high-performance.

“The team has done a great job and we are in a good position so far, so if we can improve further it would be fantastic. The team worked hard to get the results we got, so it would have been a shame to let it all go to waste."he concluded.

Lorenza Teti