Lewis Hamilton admits his Ferrari was ‘very hard to drive’ at Silverstone after P4 finish

Lewis Hamilton assessed the British Grand Prix as a “troublesome race”, with the seven-time World Champion admitting that his Ferrari had been a “very exhausting automobile to drive” within the blended situations at Silverstone.

After displaying flashes of sturdy tempo throughout the weekend, Hamilton lined up in P5 on the grid for his residence race and advised that he would not give up hope of a podium.

That dream very practically got here true because the 40-year-old discovered himself in fourth and chasing down third-placed Nico Hulkenberg within the latter phases of the Grand Prix, earlier than in the end missing out on the rostrum by just over five seconds.

Sharing his reflections after leaping out of the automobile, Hamilton stated: “[It was a] troublesome race, not an awesome one from my aspect. I did the perfect I may.

“Because it confirmed there was loads of errors on the market and really, very difficult situations, in actually a really, very exhausting automobile to drive right here – this automobile doesn’t like these situations. Not preferrred, however we bought some factors not less than.”

Hamilton’s tempo appeared to drop off barely as he launched into a second stint on the intermediate tyres earlier than switching to the delicate compound within the last section.

Requested to summarise that section of the race, he defined: “The tyres [were] dropping off, the automobile doesn’t like low-speed corners, a number of understeer, and I began knocking out the left entrance after which simply couldn’t sustain.”

Regardless of the frustration of lacking out on a top-three end result, Hamilton may nonetheless take the positives from racing in entrance of his residence crowd.

“What I take from it’s the wonderful power from all of the followers,” the Briton stated.

“They’ve been unbelievable this weekend and it’s been wonderful to see so many individuals change to pink and, yeah, bought some factors.”