Apparently unhappy with overly luminous camera lights directed at him in post-race press conferences, F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has reportedly taken matters into his own hands in time for next week's British GP at Silverstone.

According to The Sun, he has demanded the cameras be screen tested before they are directed upon the drivers as they are deemed to be too bright.

The Brit has taken umbrage with the camera lights several times over the last few weeks; he wore sunglasses at a Monaco press conference in May along with the other drivers present due to the bright lights, and he insisted a media obligation be delayed at last month's French Grand Prix for the same reason.

And yesterday he bowed his head to avoid looking directly into the cameras after qualifying for today's Austrian Grand Prix.

Hamilton's glum mood was no doubt exacerbated by his missing out on pole position to team-mate Valtteri Bottas by a measly 0.019 seconds.

As close as qualifying was there were few who would begrudge Bottas his qualifying victory, the Finn's exemplary driving all day affording him a well-deserved pole position.

On the qualifying results, Hamilton lavished praise on his Mercedes team-mate.

“Congratulations to Valtteri, he did a fantastic job and ultimately he deserved the pole," the Brit said.

“I made a mistake on the first run and when you don’t have your first lap as a banker you're kind of building from scratch for the second one.”

Earlier, Spanish media outlet AS published a revealing interview with Hamilton which presented some of his gripes with the way the business of Formula 1 is conducted.

Hamilton has been a vocal critic of what he deems to be a lack of diversity within Formula 1 and on the current situation the sport finds itself in.

“I hope that when they do the new concorde agreement that it’s better for the young teams so they can have a better platform for younger drivers.”

He added: “It shouldn’t just be wealthy drivers coming through. It’s not just Formula One; it’s all the categories. You’ve got only rich kids coming through now. It should be people with talent.”

Hamilton himself climbed to the top of the sport from humble foundations; he was born to a working-class family and grew up on a Stevenage council estate. Hamilton is a man who succeeded due to talent rather than thanks to a silver spoon.

No sport should be out of reach due to class or finances and it is refreshing to see a man with Hamilton's achievements standing up for diversity.

A new contract between Formula 1's governing body and the teams is to be signed in 2021, and Hamilton clearly feels it will be an opportunity to right F1's current wrongs.