London - Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton is backing Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel to shrug off a run of poor form and mistakes after another nightmare weekend in Britain. AP Photo/Luca Bruno. SoLarMovies While Mercedes driver Hamilton took his record sixth British Grand Prix on Sunday, Vettel rear-ended Red Bull's Max Verstappen, was handed a 10-second penalty for causing a collision and finished 16th. The German, a four-times world champion, has been beaten in the last three races by 21-year-old team mate Charles Leclerc and is 100 points behind Hamilton in the overall standings after 10 rounds. The speculation about the German's future at Ferrari, the team he joined from Red Bull in 2015, and even his possible retirement from Formula One refuses to die down despite Vettel's assurances he is committed and staying. "I loved competing against Ferrari last year. I wish that the battle today was with the Ferraris, it’s different when you’re racing within a team...
London - Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says drivers know what makes a good circuit and want to help the sport select those that offer real racing rather than ones chosen for commercial reasons. Photo Matthew Childs/Reuters Pool Via AP. YesMovies Sunday's British Grand Prix, won by the Mercedes driver for a record sixth time, delivered plenty of thrills for a 141 000-strong crowd that flocked to Silverstone. Until last Wednesday, however, when Formula One announced a five-year contract extension, the windswept old airfield track that hosted the first world championship grand prix in 1950 faced an uncertain future. Hamilton, who had vowed previously to do all he could to keep the race on the calendar, said drivers needed to be part of the decision-making process when it came to what tracks the sport raced on. "We know better than anybody which track we can overtake (on) and which track we can’t," he told reporters after the race. SoLarMovies "There are...