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F1 shouldn't 'throw our toys out of the pram' - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says the British Grand Prix shows F1 still has the ability to deliver exciting races in its current format.

The state of the sport has been the centre of debate again this season, with the FIA exploring "several exciting and innovative changes" to the race weekend format. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says the sport is "at a critical stage", but FIA president Jean Todt has been keen to play down the issues, saying F1 is facing "a headache, not a cancer".

After winning an enthralling British Grand Prix, Hamilton says the race is a reminder of how good the racing can still be given the right circumstances.

"It was exciting for me," Hamilton said. "I think the start really made it exciting, obviously. I don’t know how the rest of the race went but you say it was very exciting. I think the English weather helped with that.

"I think there’s still some things... their views are probably still valid in many ways but also sometimes I guess it’s a bit of an indication for us not to throw our toys out of the pram and say everything’s wrong, that we’re not too far off the mark, hopefully and hope that we have more races like this."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.