According to Hamilton, who has won the United States Grand Prix five times since it moved to Texas, his back is just “fine”.
According to Hamilton, who has won the United States Grand Prix five times since it moved to Texas, his back is just “fine”.
Formula 1 is racing at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend, where several drivers, including Verstappen, have criticised the track’s bumps.
“It’s really not nice,” said the Red Bull driver, “and I think sometimes people don’t really understand that because I can tell you from the checks that I’ve done from my spine, the bottom end doesn’t look that great.”
The main issue has been the bumps at Turn 1 and Turn 19, which Carlos Sainz labelled “unacceptable”.
Speaking after Saturday’s qualifying, the Williams driver said: “I think there’s just two bumps across the whole track that are unacceptable, which is the bump into Turn 1, which is just a very big hit, and another big bump into 19.
“This should have a threshold that FIA should be able to measure and never exceed that level of bump because it’s too much.
“The rest of the track, honestly, I don’t care how bumpy it is. It actually gives the car a bit of the track character, but it’s those two bumps that need to be for sure addressed.”
He revealed that the Grand Prix Drivers Association had spoken with the FIA specifically about those two sections of the track.
“It’s not the whole track being too bumpy or a bit too much,” he said, “it’s just make sure that we are able to measure before coming here those two big bumps and manage to correct them on time, so we don’t have to run those two bumps like they are today.
“But I think they took note and they’re going to do everything they can for the future.”
