Vettel denies Hamilton sixth home victory at Silverstone
RESULTS (TOP 10)
SILVERSTONE: Sebastian Vettel won the British Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday to deny Lewis Hamilton a fifth successive — and sixth overall — home victory and move eight points clear at the top of the F1 standings.
In a thrilling race with two safety car periods, reigning champion Hamilton went from pole position to the rear of the field before finishing second for Mercedes in a superb fightback.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was third, after incurring a 10-second penalty for tangling with the slow-starting Hamilton at the third corner of the opening lap and sending the Briton spinning.
The win was Vettel’s fourth of the season, 51st of his career, and once-dominant champions Mercedes’ first defeat at Silverstone since 2012 before the V6 turbo era started. “You’re a lion,” the elated team told him over the radio at the chequered flag as they celebrated Ferrari’s first win in Britain since 2011. “I was concerned going into the race but I was fine, probably a bit of adrenaline,” said the German, who had struggled with a neck strain on Saturday.
“The neck held up and that was a race I enjoyed a lot and I think the people enjoyed it a lot.” 1. Sebastian Vettel
(Ferrari) 1hr 27min 29.784sec
2. Lewis Hamilton
(Mercedes)
3. Kimi Räikkönen
(Ferrari)
4. Valtteri Bottas
(Mercedes)
5. Daniel Ricciardo
(Red Bull)
6. Nico Hülkenberg
(Renault)
7. Esteban Ocon
(Force India)
8. Fernando Alonso
(Mclaren)
9. Kevin Magnussen
(Haas)
10. Sergio Perez
(Force India)
+2.264sec
+3.652
+9.500
+28.220
+31.115
+33.188