Lewis Hamilton Wins British Grand Prix for Mercedes’ 8th Race Win of 2014

Car 44, Lewis Hamilton Mercedes, who won the British Grand Prix, started in 6th place but came up strong on the 1st lap until the red flag came out. He grabbed the lead and did not look back after passing team mate Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes with Gearbox problems. This was his 5th win of thr season & Mercedes’ 8th race win of 2014. 2nd place Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes followed by 3rd place Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault. 4th Place Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes followed by 5th place Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault. 6th Place Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari followed by 7th place Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes followed by
8th place Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes. 9th Place Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault & lastly in the points Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault in 10th place.

The race started off with lots of action as Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes had a great jump from the start & moved up positions. Halfway in the 1st lap Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari went off course, when he re-entered the track he had a bad crash & Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes did his best to avoid T-boning Kimi Räikkönen but did make contact. Kimi Räikkönen was injured & the race was red flagged for guardrail repair. On the restart Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes lead the field with his team mate Lewis Hamilton in starting in 4th place. Hamilton made contact with Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault tires as he moved up to 2nd place determined to win the race. On lap 47 Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes had Gearbox problems giving the lead to Lewis Hamilton who had the drive to win on his home track & Country. Once he took the lead no one else was close to stop Hamilton from wining as the rest of the field fought for position.

Points after the race: Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 165, Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 161, Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 98.

The British Grand Prix
Position, Car #, Driver, Team
1. Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2. Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
3. Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
4. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
5. Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
6. Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7. Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
8. Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
9. Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault
10. Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault
11. Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes
12. Car 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
13. Car 99 Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari
14. Car 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari
15. Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault
16. Car 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari
17. Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
Ret Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes – Gearbox
Ret Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault – Suspension
Ret Car 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari – Accident
Ret Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes – Accident
Ret Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari – Accident

Next race: The German Grand Prix July 18-20

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