Sebastian Vettel wins the British GP, Lewis Hamilton second

The victory was Vettel's fourth, 51st of his career, and the first defeat of Mercedes' first victory at Silverstone since 2012, before the start of the V6 turbo. (Source: Reuters)

Sebastian Vettel won the British Grand Prix Ferrari on Sunday to deny Lewis Hamilton a fifth consecutive home victory and to move eight points ahead of the Formula One standings. [19659004] In an exciting race with defending champion Hamilton moved from pole position to the back of the pack before finishing second for Mercedes in a superb fight.

Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was third after taking a 10-second penalty. Hamilton was started in the third corner of the first lap and sent the British spin.

The victory was Vettel's fourth, 51st of his career, and the first defeat of Mercedes' first win at Silverstone since 2012 before the turbo V6.

"You are a lion", the delighted team told him on the checkered flag radio while they were celebrating Ferrari's first victory in Britain since 2011.

"J & I was a little worried about the race, but I was fine, probably a little adrenaline, "said the German, who had struggled with a neck fatigue on Saturday.

"The neck held and it was a race that I enjoyed a lot and I think people"

Hamilton was in charge from the first lap, returning to seventh place after nine rounds, but 26 seconds behind fellow quadruple world champion.

The 33rd of 52 laps, after the Marcus Ericsson crash, was greeted with great enthusiasm by the 140,500 spectators and was exactly what Hamilton needed to fill the gap

Vettel swerved but Mercedes kept Hamilton out of the way. "

Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was leading a second car from safety, after Renault's Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean de Haas collided, tail and only separate fractions. [19659004] Vettel then pbaded Bottas five laps from the end, with the Finn's tires down, and Hamilton was also through a lap later and the pursuit was on arrival with the German winning by 2.2 seconds

I'm sorry for not being able to bring him home for you today " Hamilton told the crowd. "I will not give up, believe me, I will not give up."

"My team did an incredible job this weekend, we had so much support, interesting tactics I would say on their side, but we'll do whatever we can to fight them."

Raikkonen raised his hand and admitted that he had made a mistake.

"At the third corner, I blocked the wheel so I ended up hitting Lewis on the back corner, he spun, my bad," said the 2007 World Champion.

"It was my mistake, I deserved it," he added. "I took the 10 seconds and I kept beating myself."

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