Lewis Hamilton bags British Grand Prix
Silverstone
Lewis Hamilton jumped for joy today after steering his way through the capricious extremes of an English summer’s afternoon, with the aid of two well-timed pit-stops, to secure a third win on home soil in a dramatic British Grand Prix.
In front of a jubilant and wildly-enthusiastic crowd of more than 140,000, his well-judged win enabled him to increase his lead in this year’s drivers’ world championship as he led Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg home in treacherous and changeable conditions.
Recovering after losing the advantage of his 46th career pole position at the start, the series leader and defending two-time champion stormed back to lead and win with superbly-executed pit-stops after 19 and 43 laps of the 52 to win by 10.956 seconds.
His first stop enabled him to move from third up to first in a tight race between the Mercedes and Williams teams and his second, to take 'intermediate' tyres while leading in the rain, confirmed he would add 2015 to his wins in 2008 and 2014.
"Thank you everyone for coming out today and making my weekend," said Hamilton, praising the fans.
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