"Hamilton's preparation for the British Grand Prix has to be focused on the only area that matters, the track," Blundell continued, "Get that right and everything else takes care of itself. Going into his home grand prix on the back of run-ins with the media is not setting the scene for
Silverstone in the right way. He needs to go there with a clear head.
"We are approaching the halfway point of the season. It's now about letting his driving and results do the talking for him. Yes, there will always be commercial and media commitments, but that is all part of the game. What he shouldn't be doing is getting emotionally involved. That just takes away from performance."
Blundell also suggested that Hamilton could have scored points in France had he kept his head while in the midst of a charge from 13th on the grid. With passing difficult at the Magny-Cours circuit, the Briton was having to maximise any opportunity, but ran out of road while attempting to overcome
Sebastian Vettel, and cut the chicane. The
McLaren team was initially unaware of the incident, but Blundell claims that Hamilton's own initiative should have told him that it would have been better to hand the place back to the German instead of risking the ensuing penalty.
"If Lewis had backed off and let Vettel go by again that would have been fine," he claimed, "People say the team should have been on the radio telling him to do that, but he is the one driving the car. He can make his own decision about whether the move was justified.
"Maybe the pass on Vettel was the result of over-aggression, [but] this kind of thing is starting to cost him. You can't afford to make mistakes. It is just too competitive out there and dropping points now will really hurt at the end of the year."
