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Hamilton wins record 6th British GP
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Lewis Hamilton made the most of a favorable safety car intervention yesterday to claim a record sixth British Grand Prix victory at a packed Silverstone.
The defending five-time world champion clocking fastest lap on his final lap to finish 25 seconds clear of Mercedes teammate and nearest title rival Valtteri Bottas after an action-packed contest.
The Briton moved 39 points clear of the Finn behind in the title race, but Bottas was unlucky with the timing of the safety car which effectively gave Hamilton a free pit stop.
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari was third.
Pierre Gasly finished fourth ahead of his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, whose race was compromised by a late collision when Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari drove into him, and Carlos Sainz of McLaren.
It was Hamilton鈥檚 seventh win in 10 races this year and the 80th win of his career. He had shared the British GP record of wins, on five, with fellow Briton Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost.
Daniel Ricciardo was seventh for Renault ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Alfa Romeo, Daniil Kvyat and his Toro Rosso teammate Alex Albon.
鈥淲hat a day,鈥 said Hamilton. 鈥淭o all the crowd, thank you so much for coming out.鈥
Hamilton, who stopped on his slow-down lap to collect a British 鈥淯nion Jack鈥 flag, added: 鈥淚 love you Silverstone. I appreciate everything and the opportunity to be a part of this.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 have done this without these guys or without my team.鈥
A glum Bottas said: 鈥淐ongrats to Lewis. It wasn鈥檛 my day.鈥
A much happier Leclerc said 鈥淚t鈥檚 probably the race I鈥檝e enjoyed the most in my career.鈥
The safety car was deployed when Antonio Giovinazzi spun into a gravel trap in his Alfa Romeo 鈥 gifting Hamilton a 鈥渇ree鈥 first, and only, pit stop. The luckless Bottas, on a two-stop strategy, had already pitted before the incident.
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