Lewis Hamilton Rules at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton led from lap four for McLaren to claim his first British Grand Prix triumph in stunning style and take a share of the lead in the world drivers championship.

In a race full of spins and near misses at rain-soaked Silverstone on Sunday, Hamilton lapped all but two of the field and finished more than a minute ahead of Nick Heidfeld’s BMW Sauber.

Honda’s Rubens Barrichello was third.

Hamilton’s third victory of the season means that he is now level on 48 points with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen — he finished fourth — in the drivers championship.

Brazilian Massa, who spun at least five times in the race, came last of the 13 finishers and failed to pick up a point. Hamilton takes the number one spot overall because of their head-to-head finishes in other races

Hamilton has also won in Australia and Monaco this season, but said of his Silverstone success:

“It is by far the best victory I’ve ever had.”

“The conditions were bad and as I was driving I thought, ‘If I win this, it will be the best race I’ve ever done’.

“On my last lap, I could see the crowd starting to rise to their feet, and I was just praying, praying, praying I could get the car round.

“I want to dedicate this to my family because we all know I’ve had some troubles of late, so this is for them. This morning, I wasn’t feeling great,” added Hamilton, who becomes the first Englishman to win the British GP since Johnny Herbert in 1995.

Source: BBC.