Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch, Valtteri Bottas was on pole for the British Grand Prix with Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton on the front row. At the start Bottas took the lead from Hamilton despite some overtaking attempts from Hamilton it was Bottas holding onto the lead until lap 16 when he stop for tyres. Hamilton stayed in front without changing tyres until lap 18 when the safety car appeared for Antonio Giovinazzi stricken Alfa Romeo when Hamilton pitted for his only pit stop of the day and regain the lead to the end of the race to win this seasons British Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's seventh race win of the season.
While, Hamilton's team-mate and Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its seventh one-two finish of the season, Bottas was twenty-five seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Leclerc was thirty seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-two lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (race win, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (pole, finished second)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 3 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Charles Leclerc - 9 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished fifth)
Pierre Gasly - 9 (finished fourth)
Renault - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished seventh)
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished tenth)
Haas - 3
Romain Grosjean - 3 (DNF, Collision damage from Magnussen)
Kevin Magnussen - 3 (DNF, Collision damage from Grosjean)
McLaren - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 9 (finished sixth)
Lando Norris - 6 (finished eleventh)
Racing Point - 4
Sergio Pérez- 3 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirtenth)
Alfa Romeo - 6
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished eighth)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (DNF, Spun off)
Toro Rosso - 6
Daniil Kvyat - 7 (finished ninth)
Alexander Albon - 6 (finished twelfth)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Robert Kubica - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Next stop Hockenheimring for the German Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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