Lewis Hamilton recently took aim at the condition of the Silverstone track stating that the resurfacing was the “worst job ever”.
The Silverstone circuit is Hamilton’s home race and he expects to put up a strong fight against counterparts Red Bull.
The Brit is currently 32 points behind Max Verstappen who is leading the driver’s standings at this moment.
Hamilton also disclosed after the last race that the Dutchman is ‘walking away’ with the championship title.
What did Hamilton say?
“Max is walking away with it right now and there is not really much we can do about it,” the seven-time world champion said.
“They have added so much performance and we have a lot of work to do to try and close that gap.
“I hope our car feels better [at Silverstone]. It has been pretty poor here the last two weeks – it has definitely been a painful few races. But we will keep our heads up and keep trying.
“We will work as much as we can to improve in the next couple of weeks. We have been massively down at this track. It will be interesting to see how it is in the other races to go.”
Hamilton takes aim at road condition
Back in 2018, the Brit pointed out the poor condition of the race track and branded it as the “worst job ever”.
“I always think countries seem to waste money when they resurface the tracks. They wasted money which they could have gone to better use. And, two, the people they hired did the worst job ever,” he said.
“I mean, it’s the bumpiest track I’ve ever experienced, it’s bumpier than the Nordschleife, which is 100 years old. It’s rattling your freakin’ eyeballs from your brain ‒ you can’t see where you’re going.
“In the straights and some of the corners … it’s so insane how bumpy it is. It’s so quick, it’s like, duh-duh-duh-duh.
“Apart from that it’s fantastic, but jeez, they need to hire someone better, because I don’t know how you could make such a bad job in layering the track,” he explained.
Fastest track in contrast
On one hand, Hamilton was critical of the bumps. But on the other, he praised the track for being one of the fastest he has driven on.
“We’re flat-out through Copse, through Turn 1, through Turn 2 with the DRS, and it’s insane how fast it is,” he said.
“It is the best track in the world ‒ the faster it gets, the better it gets. It’s got to be the best track in the world, it’s really ridiculous ‒ it’s flying a fighter jet around the track,” he added.
Silverstone is Hamilton’s favourite track
Despite his sharp opinions on the condition of the track, Hamilton counts Silverstone in his top 3 tracks. The other two are the Circuit of the Americas in the US and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada.
“Look, Monaco is spectacular. I live there and love it but you all know how the race goes. I personally don’t enjoy driving the race because you can make your car as wide as you want and you can’t actually entertain,” he explained.
“Austin you can overtake. It’s a brand-new circuit but it’s got a lot of character and you can actually follow.
“And Silverstone…that track has a lot of history. The layout is just incredible, all high speed and medium speed.
“It’s the ultimate test of probably all of the tracks. The ultimate test for the downforce of the car with some of the coolest sections. Copse, Maggotts, Becketts, Stowe…
“That whole combination…I don’t think there [are] many tracks in the world [that] have a better combination,” he concluded.
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