Article To news overview © Mercedes Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he "just had to" tease himself to a drive in his Mercedes W12 – the car that took him to eight wins and a further nine podiums – ahead of the British Grand Prix weekend. The seven-time World Champion is yet to taste victory in 2022 as his team continue to wrestle with their porpoising problems, but he has experienced a race-winning car, he says, after piloting his 2021 machine behind the scenes. His time behind the wheel of the W12 left him "smiling from ear to ear" after a season spent bouncing in the problematic W13, with occasional back pain. "I drove last year's car last week," he...
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