Lewis Hamilton claimed a fourth consecutive British Grand Prix victory as he dominated from lights out to the chequered flag, while Sebastian Vettel hit late tyre troubles. The Mercedes man led from start to finish at his home event, never relinquishing the lead, to close the championship gap to leader Vettel down to just a single point at the halfway mark of the season, after the German took only seventh. Valtteri Bottas claimed second, 14 seconds adrift of his team-mate; Kimi Raikkonen had been running second, but a puncture on lap 49 of 51 handed the position to Bottas and allowed Mercedes to extend its championship lead. Raikkonen would go on to finish third thanks to his...
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