Meanwhile, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has made it clear that he
expects the FIA’s independent tribunal to find Mercedes guilty of breaking
Formula One’s sporting regulations by running a 2013 car at a ‘private’ tyre
test last month.
Montezemolo said: “Let’s hope Formula One can maintain its professionalism and
we have faith that those who attempt to circumvent the regulations are
pursued and prosecuted, or rather more prosecuted than pursued.”
The FIA has announced a decision on the case, which will be heard in Paris on
June 20, “will be published as soon as possible after the hearing”.
Hamilton said he was not wasting energy thinking about the hearing. “It has
not taken the smallest amount of my focus at all,” he said. “I’ve been
letting [Mercedes team principal] Ross Brawn and [executive director] Toto
Wolff deal with that.
“My focus has been channelling whatever positive energy I have into getting
the team to keep pushing.” Hamilton added that he was not expecting to be
able to compete for the win at Silverstone, given Red Bull’s margin of
victory in Canada last weekend and the particular characteristics of the
Silverstone circuit.
“Vettel was pulling away from me at a second per lap [in Montreal],” he said.
“We’re not going to gain a second before the next race. But we can
definitely beat the rest.”