SILVERSTONE, England, CMC – Seven-time World champion Lewis Hamilton produced a shocking drive in moist circumstances to win his first race in two-and-a-years when he captured his residence British Grand Prix right here Sunday.
After ranging from second on the grid alongside Mercedes teammate George Russell, the 39-year-old handed him on lap 18. Then it fended off threats from McLaren’s Lando Norris and reigning champion Max Verstappen of Crimson Bull to take the chequered flag 1.4 seconds clear.
Verstappen completed second, whereas Norris accomplished the rostrum. Russell was pressured to retire on lap 31 with a water system drawback.
The victory was emotional for Hamilton, who clinched a file ninth win at Silverstone to maneuver his profession win-tally to 104. It was his closing residence look in Mercedes colours earlier than his extremely touted transfer to Ferrari subsequent season.
“I can’t cease crying! It’s been since 2021, day-after-day getting up, attempting to combat, to coach, to place my thoughts to the duty and work as exhausting as I can with this wonderful staff,” Hamilton, who was in tears in radio communication along with his staff on the finish, mentioned afterward.
“That is my final race right here on the British Grand Prix with this staff, so I needed to win this a lot for them as a result of I really like them, I respect them a lot, all of the exhausting work they’ve been placing in all these years.”
He continued: “It’s so robust – I feel for anybody. I feel the vital factor is simply the way you proceed to stand up, and also you’ve acquired to proceed to dig deep even while you really feel such as you’re on the backside of the barrel.
“There have been days between 2021 and right here the place I didn’t really feel like I used to be adequate or whether or not I used to be going to get again to the place I’m in the present day, however the vital factor is I had nice individuals round me, persevering with to help me.
“My staff, each time I flip up and see them placing within the effort, that inspired me to do the identical factor.”
The success additionally marked solely Hamilton’s second podium of the season following his third-place end ultimately month’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
Hamilton was born in the UK, however his paternal grandparents hail from Grenada.
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