Lewis Hamilton's father insists there is no danger of his son falling out with McLaren team-mate Jenson Button.

Hamilton goes into this afternoon's British Grand Prix at Silverstone six points ahead of his fellow Briton at the top of the drivers' standings.

But his father is adamant the two will remain on good terms even as the fight for the world title heats up.

"The interesting thing between Lewis and Jenson is that they are actually really good friends and that's unique in an all-British team and also a team where both drivers are world champions and both are extremely competitive," Anthony Hamilton told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.

"Typically in the past, competitive drivers have always normally fallen out, but I think when you've got two fair, decent guys like Lewis and Jenson, you've just go to work at being competitive on the circuit and being good friends off the circuit and that's what those guys seem to do.

"It comes down to respect. Lewis and Jenson have known each other since potentially they were around seven, eight years of age and they respected each other through the karting ranks which is where they started and up until the present day.

"And that's a testament to the strength and honour between the two guys."

Reports emerged earlier this season of a rift between Hamilton and his father, who stood down as his manager in March.

But Anthony Hamilton insists their relationship is good.

"It's always been good, there's a huge love between our family, Lewis, myself and rest of my family," he said.

"None of that ever, ever changed. It was always there."