Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steers clear of 'Tyregate'
Mercedes driver says he prefers to concentrate on trying to clinch fourth win in Canadian Grand Prix as row over illegal testing rages on
Lewis Hamilton said he had ignored the controversy about the Mercedes "Tyregate" scandal because he is more concerned about feeling at one with his car in this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
The 28-year-old Briton, who won his maiden Formula One race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007, will be bidding for a fourth career win in Canada in tomorrow's race - and hoping to out-perform his friend and Mercedes teammate German Nico Rosberg.
Both men have been in form in recent races, but Rosberg has been outstanding, reeling off three successive poles before victory in last month's Monaco Grand Prix - where the furore about Mercedes' alleged illegal and secret in-season testing session with Pirelli tyres, following the Spanish Grand Prix, erupted.
Hamilton, however, said he has put it all out of his mind.
He said: "I haven't been focusing on it, to be honest. I've been focusing on trying to get myself ready for this Grand Prix and today is the first day I've really heard about it. I haven't been reading about it. The important people in the team are dealing with it in the appropriate way."
He added that he did not expect to appear before the International Tribunal of the sport's ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) when the case against Mercedes is heard.