SILVERSTONE, U.K. -- Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes comes to his home grand prix in Silverstone as a stronger team following the reliability issues it faced in Austria.
Mercedes experienced its first double mechanical failure since 1955 at last weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, throwing away a front row lockout and slipping behind Ferrari in both the drivers' and constructors' championships by the end of the weekend. The issues were identified as a hydraulic leak on Valtteri Bottas' car and a fuel pump failure on Hamilton's, with the team manufacturing new parts to rectify the issues for this weekend's British Grand Prix.