Earlier in the weekend, the Red Bull driver completed the formalities of winning a third successive world title in the Sprint, a race that was won by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.
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The Red Bull driver already holds what is almost an unassailable lead at the top of the standings, a consequence of his team’s dominance during 2023.
The Argentina superstar was given the nod ahead of Kylian Mbappe, Max Verstappen and Rafael Nada.
Hamilton’s Mercedes team won the constructors’ title for an unprecedented eighth successive year but Verstappen, 24, made sure it was not another double.
Verstappen was untroubled throughout the Red Bull Ring race, breaking clear initially as front-row qualifier Lando Norris kept his pursuers back
The Dutchman led every lap at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg to take the chequered flag 35 seconds clear of Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Verstappen’s Red Bull team gambled on an extra pit stop, sacrificing the lead to come back at Hamilton on fresher tyres to pass the Mercedes with two laps to go.
Verstappen looked poised to race to the flag following a slow pit stop for Hamilton, but a terrifying rear-left puncture sent the Red Bull driver out of control and into the concrete wall on the right-hand side of the start-finish straight.
Verstappen’s Red Bull edged the pole-sitting Hamilton to the first curve to snatch the early lead.
Teammate Valtteri Bottas, winner of last weekend’s season-opener behind closed doors at the same Austrian circuit, was runner-up with his championship lead cut to six points.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, starting on pole, finished second after defending hard against Verstappen with the two youngsters banging wheels as the Dutchman forced his way past three laps from the end.
Lewis Hamilton extended his world championship lead to 40 points with victory in the Singapore Grand Prix.
The victory has seen Ferrari driver Vettel extend his championship lead over Hamilton to eight points with his fourth win of the season, but it was his first at Silverstone for nine years.
Verstappen, who turned 20 on Saturday, overtook Hamilton on lap four into Turn One, built a seven-second lead within 10 laps and subsequently won by 10 seconds.
Starting in pole, Vettel was out almost instantly due to a start-line crash that also eliminated Max Verstappen and teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
All hope looked lost for the Australian when he was forced to pit early in the race after picking up debris in his radiators from an accident in front of him, dropping him well down the field.