Hamilton on 3 wheels to victory at Silverstone

The race on Sunday afternoon started with a bang: At the end of the first lap, Kevin Magnussen in the Haas and Alexander Albon in the Red Bull got in each other's way in the midfield, the Dane flew off the track and got stuck in the gravel with only 1 wheels, Albon stayed in the race. So the safety car had to be deployed on lap 3. After lap 2, the track was reopened and Hamilton was able to open a small gap between himself and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. After 5 laps, Bottas was almost 10 seconds behind, Max Verstappen in the Red Bull was already over 2 seconds behind.

2x safety car in Silverstone © APA/afp / WILL OLIVER

The next safety car phase was on lap 13: The Russian Daniil Kvyat in the Alpha Tauri spun spectacularly off the track after material damage and crashed into the barrier. During this phase, all drivers switched to the hardest tire compound, only Romain Grosjean in the Haas drove through and moved up to intermediate place 5. The race started again on lap 19. After the restart, McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris pushed past Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault, while Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel braked and was pushed out of the top 10 by Esteban Ocon in the Renault. After Grosjean had to pit to change tires, Vettel slipped back into the points before being overtaken by Pierre Gasly in the Alpha Tauri; With 3 laps to go, Gasly also passed Lance Stroll at Racing Point. Tire damage in series On the 50th lap, Valtteri Bottas had a puncture on the left front tire, at the same time Albon overtook the German Vettel. Bottas returned to the track behind Vettel, Leclerc moved up to third place due to Bottas' defect. On the last lap, Hamilton and Sainz also had a puncture, Hamilton dragged the limping Mercedes to his 3th victory at Silverstone, a few seconds ahead of Max Verstappen, who also secured the extra point for the fastest lap of the race. Sebastian Vettel defended himself against Bottas' final attack and took the last point in 7th place.

Hamilton celebrated his 87th GP victory, ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc. The unlucky person of the day was the German Nico Hülkenberg. The replacement driver for the corona patient Sergio Perez was unable to start his comeback race, and the Racing Point crew couldn't get the car going. The result: Pos Name Vehicle 1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2. Max Verstappen Red Bull 3. Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4. Daniel Ricciardo Renault 5. Lando Norris McLaren 6. Esteban Ocon Renault 7. Pierre Gasly Alpha tauri 8. Alexander albon Red Bull 9. Lance stroll Racing Point 10. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

The 2nd GP is on the agenda in Silverstone in a week.

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Hamilton on 3 wheels to victory at Silverstone

At the British Grand Prix, world champion and last year's winner Lewis Hamilton actually drove towards an unchallenged victory. But in the last lap things went wrong for the Silver Arrows, who were used to success. Nevertheless, Hamilton celebrated his 7th home win - that's a new record.

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