Lewis Hamilton says despite promising signs on the timesheet he has struggled battling conditions and the new Silverstone track surface while he feels Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas was “much more comfortable” ahead of the British Grand Prix. The reigning Formula 1 world champion has the chance to take the outright record for most career wins at the British Grand Prix – a statistic he currently shares with Alain Prost and Jim Clark on five wins – and ended Friday practice second fastest just 0.069s off Bottas on the outright lap times. Hamilton was one of a number of drivers to be pushed wide on the exit of the Maggotts and Becketts corner complex in the high winds which...
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