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Hamilton, who in the first lap fell to the back of the pack after contact with Raikkonen, managed to recover in second place.
The German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won this weekend a Grand Prix of Great Britain, (19659003) Related
The world champion championship winner, who had left the world championship in 1962, was the first champion to win the championship. Pole position fell to the back of the pack after contact with Finnish Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen shortly after the start but recovered to second place with the help of the British public and two entries on the stage of the safety car. 19659002] "It was a fantastic start, a fantastic race and, of course, a demolished end," said Vettel, 31, who is looking to become five-time world champion, the first at Ferrari, re-publish the successes achieved in 2010, 20 11, 2012 and 2013 at Red Bull
Vettel, who won the second time on the Silverstone circuit, where he had already won in 2009, won the fourth race of the season (51st career) at eight points advantage over Hamilton at the helm of the World Championship.
"I'm sorry I can not win today, we have a hard setback, but I'm not going to give up, I'm not going to go down," added the Mercedes driver, who, like Vettel , also won four world titles in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
Despite the setbacks, the Briton, winner of the home race for five (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017), he has not won. He has not lost a record of triumphs that he shares with his compatriot Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost, who have also won five victories in Britain.
Hamilton was able to reach third place on the 19th lap, but with only one tire change, he would have trouble defending his position if the safety car did not have the Ferrari driver Marcus Ericsson and the accident between the Frenchman Romain Grosjean and the Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr.
The Ferrari drivers were the most affected by the intervention of the safety car, especially Vettel, who took Hamilton at the start (19659002) The German chose to make another stop to replace the tires of the Ferrari and, even though he was overtaken by Bottas, benefited from the strategy in the last laps , take control of the Finn, who was still outclassed by Hamilton and Raikkonen and finished fourth.
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