Lewis Hamilton 'not great' with coronavirus as Mercedes chief gives worrying update

He exclusively told Express Sport: “This is the absolute golden opportunity for George to go out, match Valtteri at the minimum, beat Valtteri and put himself on the map.

“This is a shootout – not the first time he’s had a shootout – his career has been full of those to get to this point.

“Let’s imagine Mercedes are the fastest car again and they will be happy with one-two which is Valtteri on pole, George second but if George outqualifies Valtteri then people are going to sit up and take notice in the way Mika Hakkinen, when he was drafted into McLaren in Estoril, in his very first race outqualified Ayrton Senna.