The Brit, 33, failed to finish last Sunday's race around the Red Bull Ring, pulling over with a fuel pressure problem, having already lost what should have been an almost certain win to a glaring strategy error by Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to extend his streak of Silverstone success this weekend, as he bids to put the disappointment of Austria behind him with a record sixth victory in his home British Grand Prix. The Brit, 33, failed to finish last Sunday's race around the Red Bull Ring, pulling over with a fuel pressure problem, having already lost what should have been an almost certain win to a glaring strategy error by Mercedes.
That snapped his record streak of 33 straight points finishes and, to add to his pain, allowed Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel, who finished third, to regain the championship advantage albeit by a slim one-point margin. "It was a difficult weekend and we would have all wished it wasn't the way it was," said Hamilton, whose teammate Valtteri Bottas also retired, chalking up the German marque's first double retirement due to technical reasons since it returned to the sport with a works effort in 2010.
"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. The spirit within the team is stronger than it has ever been." Silverstone provides Hamilton the ideal setting to bounce back. Hamilton is tied at the top for most British wins with Scottish legend Jim Clark and French four-time champion Alain Prost, with each of the trio having chalked up five wins apiece. If he wins on Sunday, Hamilton would move clear of both to become the most successful driver on British soil outright.
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