It was always going to be about Turn 1 at Silverstone, especially with DRS enabled, and Vettel managed to get past Hamilton into the lead, with the Brit falling to the back of the pile thanks to contact with Kimi Raikkonen.
The grid was shook and it seemed like Hamilton would lose considerable points in the driver’s championship race.
However, the Brit dug deep and thanks to those two safety cars, he somehow managed to end up with P2 at his home venue.
Hamilton was constantly struggling with tyres, but managed them well all through the grand prix, and was aided a bit by the safety car during the dying stages of the grand prix.
Raikkonen who had caused that lap 1 mishap for Hamilton, received a 10 second penalty managed to end on the podium, just behind Vettel and Hamilton.
Vettel drove superbly all through, and while it seemed that Bottas would end up with the race win thanks to that safety car strategy,
But those tyres didn’t really hold up and Vettel was able to get past him to get his 51st career win.
With this win, Vettel further extends his championship lead.
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