SILVER LINING FOR BRIT DUO

SILVERSTONE chief Stuart Pringle believes Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have an advantage at the British Grand Prix this weekend.

Mercedes have struggled with porpoising – which has seen cars bouncing – but the Silverstone track is as “smooth as a baby’s bottom”, says Pringle.

Hamilton and Russell have appeared better on traditional layouts than bumpy street tracks.

The pair were closer in Barcelona but struggled in Azerbaijan and Canada.

Pringle said: “Our circuit is really smooth. There will be no bumping. If porpoising, it isn’t because our track is bumpy. It’s as smooth as a baby’s bottom.

“You wait, Mercedes aero is going to come into its own in this one, which will be great because we’ve got George and Lewis at the front for British fans.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff noticed the car was quicker at the hairpin in Canada that had been resurfaced. Silverstone was last resurfaced in 2019.

Wolff said: “Silverstone was good to us in the past and the circuit is smoother than the last three ones. But it’s not Barcelona.”