Reigning world champion, Lewis Hamilton, won his second successive British Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead in the championship standings over Mercedes teammate, Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton came home 10 seconds clear of Rosberg in yet another Mercedes one to two finish, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in third.
Recovering after losing his pole position advantage at the start, Hamilton stormed back into contention and regained the lead with a superbly-executed pit-stop to win by 10.956 seconds.
Hamilton admitted the Mercedes’ bad starts had “made the race for the fans” and, as thousands streamed on to the track to salute him on the podium, he said: “Thank you for coming out today and making my whole weekend, I really wanted to do it for you guys. I couldn’t have done it without you. I’m so elated. You can’t imagine how happy I am. I was tearing up on the last lap.”
This victory is Hamilton’s third win in his home race, his fifth win in nine races this year and the 38th win of his career.