Ending Friday at Silverstone in P2, Lewis Hamilton feels the upgraded Mercedes W13 is not far off the leading pace of Ferrari and Red Bull. FP1 did not feature a great deal of meaningful running thanks to heavy showers impacting parts of the track, so with several teams, including Mercedes, bringing upgrades to the British Grand Prix, it meant that FP2 was action-packed in a bid to make up for lost time. And Hamilton would give Mercedes great reason for optimism, recording the second-fastest time, only 0.163s slower than Ferrari's Carlos Sainz who set the pace. So, comparing the Silverstone track surface to the one in Barcelona, where Mercedes delivered their strongest showing of the...
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