Jun.8 - Lewis Hamilton is hoping Mercedes finally makes clear progress with its 2022 car concept by next month's British GP.

"I hope by the time we get to Silverstone we will have the car as we want it - to be able to fight with Ferrari and Red Bull," said the seven time world champion.

However, top Mercedes engineer Andy Shovlin is not expecting this weekend's race at Baku to be much better for the team than was Monaco, where Hamilton complained bitterly about the bumps.

"I'm looking forward to it going away - just my teeth, my jaw moving all the time," Hamilton said at Monaco.

But Shovlin warned: "Baku could present some similar challenges to Monaco for us."

Silverstone could also be troublesome for Mercedes, especially as Hamilton slammed the re-laid surface at the British GP layout last year as the "bumpiest track I've ever experienced".

Indeed, the circuit is so bumpy that Silverstone is actually suing the contractors responsible for the resurfacing.

The High Court papers quote track bosses of complaining about "microbumps" that cause serious vibrations for racing cars.

Former F1 driver Marc Surer said Mercedes is forced to deal with the bumping phenomenon by running the 2022 car with incredibly stiff suspension settings.

"They obviously got that under control to some extent," he told formel1.de. "But now, of course, they're losing with this tough setup in the corners.

"I can't imagine that the Mercedes will do great at Baku."


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32 F1 Fan comments on “Hamilton now hopes W13 made clear progress at British GP

  1. David Baines

    Toto says Lewis is having a run of bad luck this year, but he’s not saying anything about the in readable assy luck he’s had for the last seven years LOL

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  2. ReallyOldRacer

    "I'm looking forward to it going away - just my teeth, my jaw moving all the time," Hamilton said at Monaco.

    Taken out of context, this is the most accurate comment ever made by Loose Lip Lewie. LOL Interesting that he is now rubbing shoulders with the LA crowd, co-producing a racing movie with Tom friggin' Cruise as the star. Isn't he like 60 yrs old?

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  3. Donalf

    All depends on what you call luck, yes seven times WDC with the best car + sponsors "loads of money -" point is he's not winning races but probably still being paid mega bucks by the sponsors, + all of the media attention as he's in the news every day at the moment complaining about the silverstone track that has lumpy tarmac that won't suit his car, more mega bucks so moral of the is, win or lose for sir Lulu he's still making mega bucks that's because people love him think he's the best driver ever, think he was robbed of his eighth title even though max was way in front on points until mercedes started to play dirty, but having sad that sir Lulu can do no wrong, don't believe me,. then just ask Masi or the new FIA team

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  4. shroppyfly

    And the final question in the Lets Extract the U**ne out of The Whiny Knight quiz is, in which year did Sir Whinge a lot start wearing his
    Nose adornment?

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  5. shroppyfly

    It's the latest in a long line of pub jokes, aimed at Lucy lol , to be fair I was just interested in Just how long he'd been carrying this farce out for , as it's all about his snozzel you'd think by how he's carrying on hed worn it since birth

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  6. shroppyfly

    Hamster on sky , yeh im the producer, er no your one of i think when i checked 6-7 producers and yeah i did check lol

    Yeah we are working on the script , im really involved in that , er now forgive me but isn't that the script writers job?, of which they'll be 3-4-5

    Give us a break Hammy , i bet half way trough filming Brads had enough and knocks the Knight out, project44 all over again , Lucy tryin to take the fans for mugs......

    Oh how did LaLa do in quali trashed again by George I see

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  7. John B

    I didn't know that there was a straight called arsehole dipshit entitled prick at Silverstone

    Hoping for a DNF due to broken teeth 🙏

    Ever heard of a booster cushion and gum shield?

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  8. CanadianEh

    Right, a do-nut shaped hemorrhoids pillow ought to do. And, why not try out some steroid injections into the spine. That'll reduce swelling and discomfort. Or just give The Dame an episiotomy.

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