Lewis Hamilton “didn't feel any abnormal wear”, “didn't see the puncture coming” on the last lap but finished on “adrenaline” to win the Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday, on three wheels, ahead of the Dutchman Max Verstappen, while he managed a comfortable lead of more than 20 seconds before the incident.
"I had no warning sign, no abnormal wear," he said at a press conference, indicating that his car behaved well until the puncture despite the pressure of Valtteri Bottas who was following. “Normally these type of tires have good resistance and we thought we could finish the race with them,” he said, confident that a two-stop strategy to change them, instead of just one, might have. -be more judicious.
"In the excitement of the moment, I had an adrenaline rush but the survival instinct is also triggered", underlined the six-time world champion after the arrival. “I heard (on my radio, editor's note) that Max (Verstappen) was catching up with me very quickly. I was trying to keep enough speed but the last two corners were very difficult and I could hear 7, 6, 5 ”, for the seconds he had left. "But I managed to stay in front," he stressed, relieved.
"We'll have to see why we had these tire problems," said Hamilton, who won his national Grand Prix for the 7th time on Sunday. He now has 87 victories, against 91 for Michael Schumacher. Hamilton is also aiming for a 7th world title, like “Schumi”.
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