WATCH: Guenther Steiner deems Lewis Hamilton the ‘real Rockstar of F1’ following British GP win

Lewis Hamilton produced a special drive during the 52-lap Silverstone race.

WATCH: Guenther Steiner deems Lewis Hamilton the ‘real Rockstar of F1’ following British GP win

Lewis Hamilton and Guenther Steiner (Via: Imago)

Lewis Hamilton has got the world of F1 talking majorly about him. Since his historic triumph at the British GP, several pundits have come forward to shower praise on him. While the sport is currently at a halt, the Ex-Haas team principal, Guenther Steiner has also come forward and deemed the Brit an absolute rockstar.

The seven-time world champion started the 52-lap Silverstone race from second place on the grid, behind his teammate George Russell. The event was extremely challenging because of the tricky weather conditions but despite everything, Lewis Hamilton managed to come out on top.

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Moreover, it was Hamilton’s first win since the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP.

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I think the rockstar can only be one, no? The real rockstar of Formula 1, Lewis. I don't think we have to vote here, the world knows already.
Guenther Steiner said on theredflagspodcast

The Italian-American via his comments, has left no stone unturned in showering immense praise on the Mercedes driver. The W15 has improved in terms of performance, and this is one of the main reasons why the team has amassed consecutive wins, courtesy of Russell and Hamilton.

Mercedes relieved to have managed to ‘hang-on’ to British GP win

While Steiner has deemed Hamilton an absolute rockstar, Mercedes’ Head of Trackside Engineering, Andrew Shovlin has given insights into how tense things were in Silverstone. He has specifically talked about the nervy moments when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was on a massive charge during the closing stages of the British GP.

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Andrew Shovlin (via IMAGO)

Hamilton was able to hold off Verstappen only by a margin of 1.4 seconds.

We know that they’ve got a very quick car, and it was a bit worrying, because after all of the decisions through all the laps of the race, to have lost it in the final moments would have been really horrible. But yeah, just great that we were able to hang on in there.
Andrew Shovlin said in the Mercedes debrief

The 2024 season is 12 rounds down with another 12 remaining on the F1 calendar. Mercedes’ upturn in form has potentially made the constructors championship fight a four-way battle and considering this, it will be fascinating to see how the top four teams would fair in the upcoming races.

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