Hamilton has always been regarded as a wet-weather specialist, and two of his greatest wins have come in heavy rain. Victories in Japan in 2007, external and Silverstone in 2008, external are considered to rank up with the greatest wet-weather drives in history.
But this year Rosberg has generally had the better of Hamilton on a wet track.
“When I was at McLaren I was there for a good period of time,” Hamilton said.
“When I went into the first year [in 2007] I had done a lot of simulator running to get the car the way I liked it. And over those next years the car was being built for me – and my team-mate obviously [but] I had a lot of input into that.
“This year’s car was built through work with Nico and developed with Michael [Schumacher, who was at Mercedes from 2010-12], who drives different to me.
“So naturally it has been a very difficult year in terms of trying to extract the most from the car.
“So it’s actually not such a bad year considering it’s been my first year in a car I’ve not really known.
“But there are still so many things I’m learning even this weekend. There have been lots of problems.
