Silverstone completely different with new cars - Hamilton

Silverstone completely different with new cars - HamiltonImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lewis Hamilton has won his home grand prix at Silverstone a record nine times ByAndrew BensonF1 Correspondent at SilverstonePublished5 minutes ago1 CommentsLewis Hamilton says Silverstone will be "a completely different circuit" with this year's new cars.The British Grand Prix track is renowned as one of most demanding for drivers because of its sequence of challenging high-speed corners.But the lack of braking points means the cars will be energy starved this year, so will be running with not much more than half the engines' full power at key points of the track.Hamilton said: "The fact we have long straights, it's an unprecedented weekend in terms of the power deployment. All the drivers have been talking in the drivers' chat about how poor the power is going to be."The Ferrari driver said the cars will be recovering energy through Copse and Becketts, the two most challenging high-speed corners.Because batteries will run out before the end of some high-speed sections, the cars will be running with only the power from their internal combustion engines.The engines this year have a near 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical power, with 350kW (470bhp) from electricity and a little over 400kW from the engine.Norris 'happy I have the pain of this year for the glory of last'Published8 hours agoHow to follow British Grand Prix on the BBC Published51 minutes agoWhat is the format for F1 sprint races in 2026?Published3 days agoHamilton said: "If you look at the speed traces, we start losing deployment going into Copse. Normally the engine is screaming going into there and you are holding on for dear life. This year most likely we will be downshifting from seventh to sixth to keep the revs higher. It will be a long straight from Nine (Copse) and (to) 10 (Maggotts) with no deployment."Maggots and Beckett...