Vettel defeated local hero Hamilton at Silverstone «kleinezeitung.at

Sebastian Vettel ended his rival Lewis Hamilton's winning streak in his home race at Silverstone. Thanks to badistants of his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who implicitly involved Hamilton in a first-round collision, the German celebrated Sunday his fourth win of the season at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Great Britain and has extended his lead to the championship. 19659002] 19:56, July 08, 2018

Hamilton, who had triumphed at Silverstone four times in a row, had to damage more than 100,000 fans in the limitation of damage to the house. And he did it brilliantly. Hamilton drove from the back third of the field still to second place. In the World Cup after eight of the 21 races of the season, he misses eight points on Vettel. Teammate Mercedes Valtteri Bottas finished fourth behind Räikkönen. For Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo has only left the fifth place.

Vettel triumphed for the second time after 2009 at Silverstone. At that time, the German had not even retracted the first of his four World Cup titles so far. "I'm very happy, it went very well," said Vettel, who complained of neck pain the day before in qualifying. A band badociation was able to remedy. "There was pain during the night, but I felt good, all that adrenaline is forgotten."

With his 51st Grand Prix victory in his career, Vettel finished third overall at Alain Bravo. Hamilton is second behind record holder Michael Schumacher (91st) in 65th place. Number 66 was initially out of reach because he hit Räikkönen. Hamilton was anxious to hide his anger immediately after the Grand Prix. "It 's the most beautiful race of the year," said the Briton. "We fought very hard and I did not give up."

Hamilton had in fact had the advantage over the World Cup. The 33-year-old left pole position for the fourth consecutive time at Silverstone, but he went off very badly. He had to miss the remarkably strong Ferrari of Vettel and also Bottas. The result: Raikkonen braked in the third corner, hit the champion just behind and that turned the track

"It was my fault, so I deserve it," said Raikkonen about his penalty ten seconds. Whether this is true for the boos at the awards ceremony, is an open question. Hamilton joined after his spin in the first round away, but began a catch-up. After eleven rounds, the local hero was already back in sixth place.

Hamilton played two consecutive safety car phases in the second half of the race – the first after a departure by Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson. Carlos Sainz jr. and Romain Grosjean. Because Max Verstappen rolled new tires in the Red Bull and Raikkonen, the Englishman finished third. Because the old Bottas tires drowned in the finish after a duel with Vettel, there was even second place.

Bottas had inherited the head after a safety stop by Vettel because of the safety car. He developed a startling fight for victory, which ultimately decided the German with cooler tires for themselves. With five laps to go, he managed the crucial maneuver. Bottas' tires went "over Jordan", according to the boss of the Mercedes team, Toto Wolff. The Finn has even had to defend fourth place against Ricciardo.

Wolff was enraged by the incident in the first round. Vettel Bottas just left the track two weeks ago at Le Castellet. "If in three races, Sebastian runs the Valtteri then the Kimi the Lewis in the first round, then that sounds funny to me," said the Viennese in the interview of the ORF. "So we have to think about how we do it."

Lewis Hamilton challenged the actions of Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen against him. "Interesting tactics on their part, I would say, but we will do everything we can to beat them and improve in the next race," said the Briton after the collision caused by Raikkonen

when he was asked While he was attentive to Raikkonen and his team, Hamilton replied evasively: "All I would say is that Ferrari withdrew a Mercedes from the race in two races." The time penalties for Sebastian Vettel at Castellet and now Räikkönen (5 or 10 seconds) were not for them a burden. "Valtteri and I lost a lot of points in both scenarios."

For the first time since Mark Webber 2012 in the Red Bull won at Silverstone no Mercedes. In the constructors' championship, the Silver Arrows are already 20 points behind Ferrari after a double technical failure last week in Spielberg. There are 88 wickets at Red Bull.

Spielberg's winner, Verstappen, was at Silverstone. Shortly after, the Dutchman had to park his car with a technical defect. Red Bull's boss, Christian Horner, suspected a clutch injury. In any case, the bulls could not intervene seriously in the fight for the places on the podium of the circuit of power. "A little more power would be good," Ricciardo said.

Red Bull will also feel at a disadvantage on the straight lines of the next race in two weeks at Hockenheim. Bigger is luck one week later in Hungary. There, the last Grand Prix will take place on July 29 before the summer holidays.