Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix for a record-equalling fifth time after triumphing at Silverstone on Sunday afternoon, while championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished down in seventh.
Vettel was on course for a top-three finish, but the German suffered a puncture with two laps to go, and a seventh-place finish means that he will take only a slender one-point advantage into the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen was second entering the latter stages of the race, but the Ferrari driver also suffered a puncture in lap 47, and dropped to third as Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas took the runners-up spot.
Hamilton, who has now won the British Grand Prix for a fourth time in succession, finished just over 14 seconds clear of Bottas as the 32-year-old led from the front on home soil.
Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz and Jolyon Palmer were all forced to retire at Silverstone.