It looked to be a cool, calm textbook victory in store for Lewis Hamilton in Sunday's 2020 British Grand Prix - right up to the moment when the wheels almost literally came off the entire Mercedes campaign. Hamilton led from lights to flag through two safety car periods and never looked under pressure, but on the penultimate lap his team mate Valtteri Bottas suffered a shock tyre failure which dropped him out of second place. And a lap later, with just a few corners to go until the chequered flag, the same crisis his Hamilton. He was just able to hold on to claim his seventh win at Silverstone, a record for home wins for a Formula 1 driver. Hamilton clings on for victory amid last lap tyre...
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