As stylish as many of Lewis Hamilton’s British Grand Prix victories have been through his remarkable Formula 1 career, Sunday’s success at Silverstone is likely to be remembered more for its fortune than anything else. A record-breaking sixth home win saw Hamilton surpass Alain Prost and Jim Clark’s victory tallies at the British Grand Prix, as well as extending his championship lead to 39 points over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas at the halfway point in the season. It’s an ominous outlook. And yet at one stage, it looked as though Bottas was about to strike back and make inroads on Hamilton in the title race. Pole on Saturday by six-thousandths of a second was followed by a...
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