Most drivers start their grand prix weekend routine with a track walk, normally with their engineers and some pit crew, but Lewis Hamilton has not taken part in such a ritual since 2010 because it makes no difference to his performance.
Hamilton explained to assembled media ahead of the European Grand Prix, in the paddock of the brand new Baku Street Circuit, "I have not walked a track since 2010 and it makes zero difference."
"Walking around the track, or riding around the track, you might see a kerb, but it looks a lot different when you're driving around it. It might work for others, but for me it doesn't."
When asked about the Baku venue, which has raised safety concerns among some drivers, Hamilton said, "I have not driven the track, so I can't tell you. I will find out in practice."
"There are different approaches. I was thinking of riding a bicycle around tonight, which I might do, but I quite like the idea of going out for the first time. I am kind of excited about that."
"I've walked around circuits from Formula Renault to probably my third or fourth year in Formula 1. It makes zero difference to my weekend performance."
Hamilton did a few laps around a virtual Baku Street Circuit on the F1 2016 computer game and said, "In the simulator it was very easy, but the simulator is not very good. It was a very bad computer game basically, it doesn't say much."
"I will go around and that first lap is like you are taking pictures with your mind, and you learn as you go around," concluded Hamilton.
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