Lewis Hamilton "working hard" to ensure he gets to drive 2021 cars

Lewis Hamilton is pleased that drivers are being involved in the 2021 rule changes and looks forward to driving the new car. The Mercedes driver says that he has been building a strong relationship with the FIA and is grateful for being consulted for his opinion. 

“It’s been a huge step for us to be involved,” said Hamilton to The Sun. “It’s a big step for all the drivers to be united and I think we’re building a new and better relationship with the FIA, the GPDA and the FIA communicating.

“They’ve been quite open. I think there are things that we ask about and they are like ‘we can’t change it now’ but there’s no such thing as ‘can’t’ for an engineer.

“There’s lots of things that can be improved but the thing they did show us the other day is that the amount [of grip] that you lose behind a car today, what their simulations say that we will lose in terms of downforce behind the new car, I think it looks great.

“So I’m working as hard as I can to make sure I can stay around for then and get to drive those newer cars.”

It is thought that the new cars could be significantly slower than the current models but Hamilton disagrees. 

“Naturally we don’t want the cars to be slower either. I think they said they’re two or three seconds off so hopefully, we can push that forward but some things like weight, we don’t want the car to get heavier but it is going in that direction. But I know they’re working really hard at it.”