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Lewis Hamilton with a broken front wheel on the finish line. © APA / afp / BEN STANSALL
At the British Grand Prix, world champion and previous year’s winner Lewis Hamilton actually drove towards a safe victory. But in the last round there was a lot of rattling with the successful silver arrows. Nevertheless, Hamilton celebrated his 7th home win – this is a new record.
02. August 2020
The race on Sunday afternoon started with a bang: At the end of lap 1 Kevin Magnussen in Haas and Alexander Albon in Red Bull got in the way in midfield, the Dane flew off the track and got stuck in the gravel bed with only 3 wheels, Albon stayed in the race. Thus, the safety car had to disengage in round 2. After lap 5 the track was released again, Hamilton was able to close a small gap between himself and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. After 10 laps, Bottas was almost 2 seconds behind, Max Verstappen in the Red Bull already over 6 seconds.
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2x Safety-Car in Silverstone © APA/afp / WILL OLIVER
The next safety car phase then in lap 13: The Russian Daniil Kvyat in Alpha Tauri turned spectacularly after a material damage and crashed into the limit. In this phase, all drivers switched to the toughest tire mix, only Romain Grosjean in the Haas drove through and slid to fifth place. 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 slowed down 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 Pierre Gasly overtook him in the Alpha Tauri; 3 laps before the end, Gasly also passed Lance Stroll at Racing Point.
Tire damage in series
Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture in the left front in the 50 lap, while Albon overtook the German Vettel. Bottas returned to the track behind Vettel, Leclerc advanced to third place due to the defect at Bottas. In the last lap Hamilton and Sainz also had a puncture, Hamilton dragged the limping Mercedes to the 7th victory in Silverstone, a few seconds before Max Verstappen, who also secured the extra point for the fastest lap. Sebastian Vettel defended himself against Bottas’ final attack and took the last point as 10th.
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Flat foot at the world champion © APA / afp / ANDREW BOYERS
Hamilton celebrated his 87th GP victory, ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc. The bad luck of the day was the German Nico Hülkenberg. The replacement driver for Corona patient Sergio Perez was unable to start in his comeback race, the Racing Point crew did not get the car going.
The result:
| Pos. | Name | vehicle |
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| 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 |
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The 2nd GP will be on the program in Silverstone in a week.
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