Lewis Hamilton vows to go for break at the British Grand Prix despite ban threat from Mercedes
Home hero refuses to change style after the world champion and Nico Rosberg are handed final warnings by their team
LEWIS HAMILTON will go full throttle at the British Grand Prix tomorrow — despite a ban threat from Mercedes.
The world champ and his rival Nico Rosberg have been issued with a final warning by team chiefs after they clashed in Spain, Canada and Austria.
Three-time world champ Hamilton insists he will race the same way despite a yellow-card style caution from Mercedes
Merc boss Toto Wolff has drawn up new terms for their “rules of engagement” — and even said the team-mates are on a “yellow card”.
But Hamilton is determined that he will not change his swashbuckling style as he bids to win a fourth British Grand Prix.
The Brit, 31, said: “I will still be giving it everything I’ve got — that’s how I race.
“You can look at my overtaking manoeuvres since I was eight years old.
“I would probably guess that 99 per cent have been decent and clean — which in 23 years is pretty decent.
“If I did not drive like that I wouldn’t be here. As Ayrton Senna said, ‘If you are not going for a gap, you are no longer a racing driver’. I live by that.
“You can sort of compare Ayrton to Muhammad Ali in that he stood for what was right.”
Hamilton was almost half a second quicker than closest rival Daniel Ricciardo in practice.
And Rosberg was BOOED by home fans yesterday after crashing into Hamilton in Austria last weekend — even though the Brit still went on to win the race and cut the German’s title lead to 11 points.
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Hamilton said: “It’s similar for football fans in their own stadium, the majority are there for them.
“You come to Silverstone and that’s when the energy is in abundance.
“Seeing people that have saved up to come to spend their money here and put all of their energy towards you getting across the finish line first — it’s impossible to describe how amazing that feels.
“All drivers will talk about it giving you that extra tenth or two and I find that is the case.”