Button at Silverstone focuses on Hamilton and criticizes Leclerc: “Lewis can think of winning. And in comparison with Charles…”

The old Lewis Nobody would have imagined it last year, but at the moment Ferrari rests on the shoulders of Lewis Hamilton. Even in Austria, in a complicated weekend for the red single-seaters, the seven-time world champion managed to limit the damage better than Leclerc, despite the Monegasque starting ahead of him on the grid. Lewis, despite a three-stop strategy, finished the GP in fifth place while Leclerc fell to eighth place. Now the Circus moves to Silverstone, for Hamilton’s home race and according to Jenson Button the #44 Ferrari could once again become a great protagonist on the track where he has already won nine times in his career. “Lewis will certainly arrive with confidence – declared the 2009 world champion to Sky Sports News – in the last race it didn’t go as he hoped, but it wasn’t his fault. If we compare him with his teammate Charles Leclerc, who is highly appreciated, Lewis had the upper hand once again. He managed to make the tires last much better at the start of the race, he had the pace when his teammate didn’t have it. He won’t be happy with the result, but he will know he has made the most of it. And it’s the old Lewis we knew, he’s maximizing everything, and it’s really nice to see him like that.” The ideal setup Button shared the McLaren garage from 2010 to 2012 with Hamilton and knows well the type of car and setup that suits the British veteran best. “There will be slightly lower temperatures and from an aerodynamic point of view, the Ferrari is quite good – explained Button – Silverstone is mainly a circuit that requires power, but you still have to maintain speed in the corners and on the straight. [Hamilton] be confident that you can have a chance to win. He is very good at driving cars with a very frontal setup – explained the former English driver – and this is fundamental at Silverstone. You need to be able to maintain speed in the high-speed sections of the track, but also manage changes in direction. It’s a fundamental part. I think that’s where its strength lies. When I compared myself to him, he was able to drive a car with a very focused setup on the front, which is the fastest type of setup on that track.”

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2026-06-30 11:00:00