Hamilton wins British Grand Prix; Cuts Vettel’s title lead

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the British Grand Prix for the fifth time on July 16, 2017. With this he cuts Sebastian Vettel’s championship lead to just a single point. For the Ferrari drivers Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, issues with the tyres hit their chances bad, even though Raikkonen finished third while Vettel had to be content with 7^th position.

Hamilton’s team mate Valtteri Bottas grabbed the second position, making it one-two for Mercedes in England.

Force India drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez managed to finish in the first ten, with eighth and ninth respectively. Max Verstappen managed to come in fourth for Red Bull Racing while his teammate Daniel Ricciardo managed a fifth. Nico Hulkenburg finished 6^th for Renault whileFelipe Massa of Williams came in 10^th.

The race was dominated by Hamilton when he started from pole, leading all the way and setting the fastest lap of the race.