Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes director Andrew Shovlin celebrate 'step forward' at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin both believe Mercedes made a ‘step forward’ with their performance at Silverstone. Hamilton has struggled for much of the season, especially in comparison to the impressively consistent George Russell alongside him with the German team, but on Friday he was second quickest in both practice sessions at the British Grand Prix. Ad/> The weekend marks an opportunity taken across the paddocks to introduce a host of new changes to cars and Mercedes appear to have benefited the most in the opening stages of the event.

British Grand Prix'Tricky to manage' — Verstappen's car concerns ahead of Silverstone qualifyingAN HOUR AGO Speaking to Sky Sports, Lewis Hamilton was pleased with the progress made so far. “We have had a good day,” he said before explaining the difficulties of the track in the inconsistent weather. “It was just wet through six and seven, and a bit on nine, but dry on the rest, and that made it difficult.

You couldn’t do [intermediates] because they would get destroyed, and you couldn’t use slicks as it was too wet.” Sainz quickest in second session at Silverstone, Hamilton second again Wolff hails 'strong' Hamilton after 'incomprehensible' comments from Piquet Bottas quickest in first session in rain-hit action at Silvertsone, Hamilton second He said Mercedes had made the most of the first session, explaining: ”We got some good running still, we got 10 laps. “P2 was pretty good. Bouncing still, but not necessarily in a straight line, but through the corners is pretty harsh.