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Hamilton wins British GP with three tyres as both Mercedes suffer failures

Lewis Hamilton will be counting his lucky stars after suffering a puncture on the final lap of the British Grand Prix, but had opened up enough of a gap to limp to the finish. It was a dramatic final few laps as first Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture on Lap 51 of 52 whilst holding second place. The Finn dropped down to fourth before he could get back to the pits and dropped down to 12th as a result. He managed to recover a single position on the final lap to pass George Russell, but couldn't salvage a point as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel just pipped him over the line by three-tenths. Mercedes quickly radioed Hamilton warning him on Bottas' failure and not to push for the fastest lap, to...
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