2023-07-08 23:05:17
The British Formula 1 Grand Prix is undoubtedly one of the favorite races of the drivers on the grid. Silverstone, the inaugural event of the discipline’s first world championship in 1950, exudes passion. Last year, more than 400,000 spectators came to the circuit over the whole weekend. Among them, inevitably, a majority comes to support the local pilots: Lando Norris, George Russell and of course Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion transcended each year when he arrived on his land.
“It’s the best grand prix of the season for me. I have so many memories here. I remember my passages on this track when I was younger. I came to see F1 at 13 or 14 years old with McLaren (Editor’s note: Hamilton was already part of the team’s young drivers section). I was at the back of the garage. I dreamed of finding myself one day in the car. And Lewis was quick to sit in the tub and perform at home, since in his first season, in 2007, he signed the pole position triggering the madness in the public. “It didn’t bother meparticularly marked that day. I think that’s the only time in my career where I heard the sound of the fans in the car. The noise exceeded that of the engine.
And the least we can say is that British soil is doing quite well in Hamilton. At Silverstone, the Mercedes driver holds all the records: number of wins (8), poles (7) and podiums (12 including 10 consecutive).
And in this period when the Mercedes team is regaining color, Hamilton will need the support of his family to continue to climb the slope. ex-F1 driver Nigel Mansell, estimated that the support of the local fans allowed him to go for an extra half-second. Something to make Lewis smile. “I would like it very much because we really need it for the moment, smiles the Briton. It’s very difficult to quantify, but what is certain is that the public pushes you and the whole team towards the high. It’s quite an exceptional feeling. You feel like you’re floating when you’re here. You see all these flags, all these caps. There are several corners where you can see them well and it gives you a lot of energy “, concludes the darling of British fans.
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