Hamilton made "stronger" by unfair media treatment

Hamilton's decision to skip the pre-British GP weekend London F1 Live event, which was attended by the other 19 drivers on the current grid, proved controversial - and was questioned by several of his country's mainstream media outlets.

But the whole situation was soon overshadowed by an imperious showing from Hamilton at Silverstone, as the Mercedes man took a comfortable pole position and cruised to victory.

Taking to Sky Sports after the race, Wolff - who previously said the recent criticism of Hamilton was akin to an "insult" - felt his driver delivered the perfect response to his detractors.

Wolff said: "I have a sense of fair and not fair, and I can't comprehend why you need to destroy the hero before his home race with nonsense that's not even true.

"So media have been hitting out on him for no reason, and it's just a consequence he comes out stronger."

Faced with questions about him skipping London at the start of the weekend, Hamilton said he "needed to prepare the best way" for a race that could prove crucial in the title contest.

Asked about his race weekend preparation in the aftermath of his British GP win, he said: "There is no reason to question my preparation.

"I have more poles than most, I am building up the wins – if you don't know that my preparation is on point, then I guess you never will."

Hamilton, who led a Mercedes 1-2 by 14 seconds over teammate Valtteri Bottas and is now just one point off championship leader Sebastian Vettel, described his and his team's British GP performance as "genuinely faultless".

"I was very, very fortunate, the team did an exceptional job this weekend," he said.

"The car felt great and we were genuinely faultless.

"Valtteri did an exceptional job to come back, so perfect weekend for us as a team."

Additional reporting by Jonathan Noble