Sebastian Vettel wins British Grand Prix and increases championship lead after Lewis Hamilton recovery drive
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Lewis Hamilton battled back from last to second as his championship rival Sebastian Vettel won a dramatic British Grand Prix.
Hamilton was spun round at the first corner by Vettel's Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, but turned in a masterful display, and took advantage of two safety car periods to finish behind Vettel.
Raikkonen crossed the line ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who had led with only five laps of the race remaining.
Vettel strengthens his stranglehold on the championship, and will now head to his home race in Germany in a fortnight's time with an eight-point advantage.
Hamilton secured pole 24 hours earlier, but his getaway here was slow and it was not long before Vettel had passed the Brit for the lead with Bottas following suit.
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Sebastian Vettel increased his championship lead with victory at Silverstone
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Lewis Hamilton battled back from last to second as his championship rival Sebastian Vettel won a dramatic British Grand Prix.
Hamilton was spun round at the first corner by Vettel's Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, but turned in a masterful display, and took advantage of two safety car periods to finish behind Vettel.
Raikkonen crossed the line ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who had led with only five laps of the race remaining.
Vettel strengthens his stranglehold on the championship, and will now head to his home race in Germany in a fortnight's time with an eight-point advantage.
Hamilton secured pole 24 hours earlier, but his getaway here was slow and it was not long before Vettel had passed the Brit for the lead with Bottas following suit.
Raikkonen
was then all over the back of Hamilton's Mercedes gearbox, and the Finn
locked up at the right-handed turn three and slammed into his opponent.
Hamilton was sent spinning round, and suddenly he found himself down in 18th and with it all to do.Raikkonen was at fault for the coming together and the stewards concurred as they slapped the Ferrari driver with a 10-second penalty.
While Vettel led from Bottas at the front all eyes were on Hamilton and his comeback drive through the field. Cheered on by the vast majority of 140,000 partisan fans, Hamilton was driving like a man possessed, and was picking off his opponents with ease.
By the end of lap three, Hamilton was 14th. Three laps later he was into the points after passing Kevin Magnussen's Haas, and on lap 11 he was up to sixth having dispatched of Nico Hulkenberg's Renault. Remarkably the defending champion had made up 11 places in just 10 laps.
Hamilton was sent spinning round, and suddenly he found himself down in 18th and with it all to do.Raikkonen was at fault for the coming together and the stewards concurred as they slapped the Ferrari driver with a 10-second penalty.
While Vettel led from Bottas at the front all eyes were on Hamilton and his comeback drive through the field. Cheered on by the vast majority of 140,000 partisan fans, Hamilton was driving like a man possessed, and was picking off his opponents with ease.
By the end of lap three, Hamilton was 14th. Three laps later he was into the points after passing Kevin Magnussen's Haas, and on lap 11 he was up to sixth having dispatched of Nico Hulkenberg's Renault. Remarkably the defending champion had made up 11 places in just 10 laps.
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