Lewis Hamilton ended his winning streak at Silverstone with an emotional win in front of his home crowd.
The British GP had it all, variable conditions, battles for the lead and excellent results for the seven-time world champion – who has not won a race since the 2021 Saudi GP.
Hamilton’s victory was not easy, he ran away in wet conditions and lost the lead to Lando Norris.
However, when the teams switched to dry tyres, Mercedes overtook McLaren in the pits and Hamilton took the lead.
Max Verstappen went on hard tires and threatened Hamilton’s victory in the final laps, but could not get close to his rival. Midfielder George Russell had the opposite experience to his team-mate and was forced to withdraw due to a problem with the water system in what was a heartbreaking afternoon for the Briton.
Silverstone’s finest had this to say..
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton took his 104th career win
“From 2021 I will get up every day and fight to train my opinion. task and work as hard as possible with this great team “This is my last race here at the British GP with this team. I really wanted to win this for them because I love them and appreciate them so much. “All the hard work they’ve put in over the years. I’m forever grateful to everyone at Mercedes and all our partners.
“And to all our incredible fans. I saw you on your hands. There’s no better feeling to finish here.
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen finished P2 at Silverstone
“We just didn’t have the pace today. I slowly went back when it mattered in the beginning, so it didn’t look good at one point. I thought we would finish fifth, sixth? But we made the right calls, moving from slicks to inters and also from inters back to slicks. It was in the right circle every time. “Also, the team’s call to go to the hard tire instead of the soft tire definitely helped me in the end, so we finished second today.
“So it could have been a lot worse.”
Lando Norris
Lando Norris could only manage P3 \ First of all congratulations to Lewis. With this decisive decision, he did his job better. Hats off to him and Mercedes. “It was tough. It was fun and fun to fight those guys. I don’t think we as a team did the job we could have done. “However, I blame myself. I hate to end up in this position. I’m still happy. I’m still enjoying it. I want everything to go perfectly, but not today
