Lewis Hamilton has decidedly mixed feelings about the prospect of a 140,000-strong capacity crowd at the British Grand Prix. Silverstone has been given the green light to host its maximum attendance in mid-July for what would be easily Formula 1’s biggest crowd since the start of the pandemic. The seven-time World Champion enjoys nothing more than to win in front of his home fans – he has seven British Grand Prix victories, although last year’s was, of course, in front of empty grandstands when he survived a late puncture on his Mercedes. But over the last couple of weeks, COVID-19 case numbers have been rising quickly in the UK, along with a smaller increase in resultant fatalities,...
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