Hamilton: Canada record no advantage over Rosberg

40

Lewis Hamilton doesn't believe his record at the Canadian Grand Prix suggests he has an advantage over team-mate Nico Rosberg.

While Rosberg has never won in Montreal, Hamilton has four victories to his name and is the only active driver to have won at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on more than one occasion. However, when asked if he feels he has an advantage over Rosberg as a result, Hamilton replied: "Not at all.

"I don’t feel any different. Firstly, you should never assume anything. That is not the feeling I have this weekend. I know it is a track I’m quick at. Look at the season you have tracks you’ve won at, are quick at, find difficult but have won at.

"There are other tracks which naturally come easier than others. This is a naturally good track for me so hopefully I should capitalise on that. I’ve had bad races here as well, hence I arrive here the same as the other drivers."

Arriving in Montreal following his first win of the season in Monaco, Hamilton says the reliability issues he faced in the early races have left him wary.

"My head was banging a little bit but it was pretty good," Hamilton said when asked how he felt on the Monday after Monaco. "A good feeling. Since then it has been a good feeling. I feel positive coming here but I am conscious of how the season has gone so I’m not arriving all excited thinking everything is going to go great again because we had one win.

"There are potholes we could easily manoeuvre but also easily fall down. I’m conscious of those bumps but hoping for a smooth weekend it would be amazing. If we have a smooth weekend in terms of performance it should be a happy weekend."

Romain Grosjean column: Racing on two wheels

Chris Medland's 2016 Canadian Grand Prix preview

FEATURE: Six races in - 2015 v 2016 comparisons

Ziv Knoll's Indy 500 diary

Keep up to date with all the F1 news via Facebook and Twitter

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.