British Grand Prix 2014, live - Telegraph Latest HAMILTON WINS BRITISH GRAND PRIX. ROSBERG RETIRES WITH MECHANICAL FAILURE WRAP: How quickly the fortunes of one man can change. Lewis Hamilton probably had a sleepless night after his miscalcuation in qualifying left him sixth on the grid today. But the Briton picked himself up to win the British Grand Prix for the second time in his career. When Hamilton last won here at Silverstone in 2008, he went on to win the drivers's championship. Having experienced mechnical failure on a couple of occasions this season, it was probably a huge relief that it was his team-mate Nico Rosberg who was forced to retire after 29 laps with gearbox failure. Hamilton knew that with Rosberg out of the picture, he just had to hold his nerve and hope that his Mercedes didn't suffer a similar fault. Thankfully for the Briton, and for the good of the world drivers's championship, he eased to victory, well clear of Valtteri Bottas in second spot with Daniel Ricciardo taking the final podium place.

15.44 Coulthard takes over the mic for the podium interviews. Hamilton: "We've got the greatest fans here. It's you guys who spurred me on. "Rosberg got a good gap at the beginning. When I was put on the harder tyres, I couldn't believe I had that kind of pace. You never want to see a team-mate fall behind, you want to get those one-twos, but I needed that win today. "This weekend showed you just never give up. I didn't give up yesterday I was shocked that the last section was so fast." 15.38 Hamilton can't quite believe he's won as he gets ready for the presentation. "Jeeezzz". Ricciardo asks him what happened to Rosberg, "gearbox failure?". Hamilton shrugs his shoulder. As if he cares. Hamilton went on to win the title after victory here in 2008. What chance does he have of repeating the feat this season? Here are the current standings: 15.32 Hamilton comes on the Mercedes radio: "En-ger-land" and then apologises to his team for his error yesterday.

It's cruel on Button again, missing out on a podium place in his 15th race at Silverstone. There were 17 cars which finished. Hamilton cuts the gap on Rosberg at the top of the world drivers's standings to just four with his fifth victory of the season. Lap 52 Into the last lap and Hamilton just needs to keep his head as the crowd throw their arms in the air. He's into the final couple of corners and he's done it. HAMILTON WINS THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX FOR THE SECOND TIME. Bottas is second and Ricciardo takes the final podium spot, just 0.8secs ahead of Button. Lap 51 Hamilton told to be cautious due to Maldonaldo pulling up and the possibly of there being oil on the track. Button is still closing on Ricciardo but is still too far behind the Australian to attempt an over-take. Lap 50 It's comfortable for Hamilton out in front. No issue with his car today, well with two laps to go. Vettel speaks to his Red Bull, "I can smell burning". He's right. Maldonado's car is smoking.

He pulls up and that's heartbreaking for the Lotus driver. Lap 49 Button is throwing his all into catching Ricciardo. His best has been two four place finishes in 14 attempts here. Just doesn't seem like he's got enough pace today. Lap 48 Alonso comes on the radio and says that Vettel used his DRS in an area he shouldn't have. Sour grapes? Button, meanwhile, has closed slightly on Ricciardo. It's now down to just 4.6secs but he's running out of laps. Lap 47 Gap between Hamilton and Bottas is up to 20secs. Ricciardo is looking comfortable for that final podium spot. Vettel has yet another go at Alonso. They're side-to-side for a second time this lap and finally, finally, the world champion has the pace to edge infront of the Spaniard. Superb driving by the German, what inroads can he make on Button now? Lap 46 Chilton continues to hold up the field, back in 17th place and two laps plus behind Hamilton. Vettel has a nibble at Alonso again.

He goes round the outside but hasn't the pace to get past. Lap 44 Vettel falls off Alonso slightly, unable to attack his rival and make a move so it's still as you were. Lap 43 That pit stop sees Hamilton's lead cut down to 19.7secs. Button remains 8secs off Ricciardo in fourth and unable to eat into the Australian's advantage. Lap 42 Vettel is still stuck behind Alonso and still trying to find space to make his move. He senses an opening at Brooklands but Ferrari returns to his driving line again. A great battle out there still for fifth. It's good news for Button, mind. If Vettel can get past the Spaniard, he could be hot on the Briton's heels. Lap 41 Button is informed that Ricciardo isn't likely to pit again. The message from McLaren is, 'you'll have to have a go'. Hamilton comes in to pit again. It's just precautionary. He's got such a lead on Bottas. Lap 40 Hamilton comes on the radio and in-forms his Mercedes team that everything is rosy. Of course it is.

His big rival and 'team-mate' is out and he has a chance to close the gap to four points in the world drivers's championship. He has a massive lead out there. Only a drivers error or mechanical problem will spoil his afternoon. Lap 39 Button is a full 10secs off Ricciardo in fourth. Alonso continues to frustrate Vettel in the battle for fifth. Lap 38 A replay shows Vettel was wheel-to-wheel with Alonso before the Ferrari regained his driving line. Sutil isn't happy with his Sauber. "What's going on with my brakes", he asks his team...to silence. Lap 37 Alonso has had a busy afternoon going up and down the order, over-taking at will but now finds himself trying to hold on to fifth place. Vettel has a nibble at the Ferrari but can't pass. Lap 36 Perez comes on his team radio to tell tales on the Toro Rosso of Kvyat. The problem being that he keeps running wide as Hamilton continues to hold his own out front. Lap 35 Ricciardo finds himself up to third and is outdoing his Red Bull team-mate Vettel again this season.

Hamilton will just hope his gearbox holds up well for the rest of this race. Lap 34 Bottas finds space and eases by Vettel to move up to second. Vettel is losing pace and fast as he drops down the order. Hamilton is well clear, over 40secs ahead of Bottas. Lap 33 Button is 59secs off Hamilton back in fifth and hopes of getting a podium place look unlikely again today. Fourth is probably again the best he can hope for. Lap 32 The Williams of Bottas, on fresher tyres, has Vettel well in his sights. Lap 32 Bottas pits and rejoins in third, behind Vettel. Button remains back in fifth with Alonso sixth. Lap 31 There's absolutely no pressure for Hamilton now. The Briton doesn't need to take a risk. He has the pace over his rivals and just needs to take a steady-eddy approach for the final 21 laps. Lap 30 Just watching a replay on Hamilton's over-take on Rosberg down the Wellington Straight. Rosberg is still desperately trying to get his car going while on the grass.

It's no good, it's game over for the German. Lap 29 It's the first mechanical problem to hit Rosberg this season. He's trying desperately to find a gear, any gear other than fifth. He pulls off onto the grass just hoping to make his way back to the pits. He comes on the radio for some advice. "Leave it in eighth", he's told. Whatever that means. The 2013 champion pulls up on the grass, stranded. He can't make it to the pits. What a let-off for Hamilton in the race for the world title. Lap 28 Magnussen finally comes into the pits, the first of the McLaren's. He rejoins back in eighth. Hamilton has closed the gap on Rosberg to 1.9secs, incredible effort by the Brit. Rosberg is suffering with his car, stuck in fifth gear and Hamilton goes through. Lap 27 We're over the halfway mark now and Hamilton is in a get position here, seemingly on a one-stop strategy. Both McLarens and Williams' have yet to pit as Alonso resumes another battle with Hulkenberg for eighth. The Spaniard has got it all to do again through the traffic.

Lap 26 Rosberg is around 5secs ahead of Hamilton while spare a thought for Chilton who is a full two laps behind the German. Lap 25 Now it's Rosberg's turn to push. Hamilton was held up by a delay to the left tyre refit. Button isn't too impressed with Alonso who continues to nibble away at the back of his McLaren. Button has a brief respite as Alonso pits. Lap 24 Oooh, Mercedes are getting ready in the pits. The Briton is coming in. He's got a lead of about 14.3secs. The stop wasn't great. Rosberg goes through. Lap 23 Hamilton looks like he's on a one-stop strategy compared to Rosberg's two. Alonso is closing on Button in the battle for fourth. Hamilton tells his Mercedes team that his tyres are on their last legs. Or something slightly more technical. Lap 22 Rosberg still the only one of the leading few to pit. Hamilton stays out there for a little longer with both Mercedes on different strategies. Lap 21 Hamilton is building a great lead and has yet to come in.

Ricciardo smothers Hulkenberg in the battle for eighth spot. It's an easy overtake in the end as the Force India driver continues to lose pace. Lap 20 Alonso now has Button in his sights in the battle for fourth. Rosberg comes on the team radio and raises a mechanical fault. It's not affecting his lap time. Lap 19 It was a clean pit stop from Rosberg. He comes out 16secs behind Hamilton in second. Bottas thinks he has another 10 laps left in his tyres before he'll have to pit. The Williams driver has been flying. Lap 18 Rosberg pits, Hamilton comes through the final corner and has got to push hard. The Briton is likely to come in in the next few laps but will have to build a big enough lead to give him a chance of keeping his nose in front. Lap 17 What a race Bottas is having. He started back in 14th but has scythed through the field. He fancies his chance against Button. Goes round the outside at Stowe and moves up to third. Hamilton is the fastest man out there but could be coming in soon.

Lap 16 Ricciardo makes a later pit stop than his team-mate and is now on medium tyres. Alonso moves back up to fifth after his five-second penalty. Lap 15 Radio update: Mercedes tell race leader Rosberg they'll go "one more lap" before coming in with all going well. Hamilton closes the gap to 3.6secs. Lap 14 Bottas is still clawing his way through the pack and driving very soundly. He finds himself in the wing mirrors of Magnussen and has far too much speed for the McLaren. The Williams man is now up to fourth. Button is still back in third. Lap 13 Alonso has been handed a five-second penalty for being out of grid position for the restart. He did overshoot his mark when lining up, and it's been agreed that he did gain an advantage as a result. The Spaniard was up to fifth. Lap 12 Gutierrez's collision with Maldonado is under investigation, no surprise there. Something has broken on Ericsson's Caterham and it looks to be an early bath for the Swede. He pits but it's game over.

Lap 11 Vettel is first to pit. The yellow flag flies for that beached car but as yet no safety car. The world champ returns in 13th spot. Chilton is back in last spot following that drive through penalty at the restart. Lap 10 The Red Bull of Ricciardo finally gets the better of Hulkenberg. That was hard work, but he's up to eighth. Gutiirrez locks up further behind the field after colliding with Maldonado and beaches his car in the gravel. We might have to have the safety car out again. Lap 9 Ricciardo is still all over the back of Hulkenberg but can't find enough room to make his move. Rosberg stretches his lead to 5.6secs over Hamilton will Buton a full 18secs back in third. Lap 8 Ricciardo says he's having trouble with "overall grip". Meanwhile, Alonso is under investigation for being out of position for the restart. He only had his rear wheels in the right grid places. Surely Ferrari had enough time to get that sorted out. There was an hour's hold up!

Lap 7 Alonso now takes on Ricciardo and breezes past the Red Bull. The Australian was so occupied with what was going on in front and looking to take on Hulkenberg that he didn't see what was happening in his wing mirrors. The Spaniard is up to eighth and now has the Force India man in his sights. Lap 6 Rosberg has a 5.4secs lead over his team-mate, Alonso has a nibble at Kvyat in the battle for ninth spot. The Spaniard bides his time and makes his move. He makes it. Lap 5 Bottas is up to sixth and now has Vettel in his sights. Hamilton wasn't as quick as Rosberg on the last lap, but now he's not over-taking, how much damage can he do? Ricciardo is back in eighth and losing speed on the straights. Lap 4 Hamilton is closing on Button and goes side-to-side with his fellow Brit. A huge cheer goes up as Hamilton takes him on down the inside and makes it. He's behind his Mercedes team-mate now. Lap 3 Hamilton is all over the back of Magnussen.

Hamilton forces the Williams car wide, he goes off the track and the Briton passes through and is now up to third. Bottas, meanwhile, is charging up the pack further back. Lap 2 Rosberg leads the field from Button and Magnussen. Hamilton back in fourth ahead of Vettel. The safety car departs before the end of the lap, catching Button cold as Rosberg steals a march. 14.05 And we're off...again...behind the safety car. 14.02 The drivers are back in their cars and getting ready for the restart. Blue skies still overhead with the threat of rain later this afternoon, around 3.30ish time. Vettel and Ricciardo are said to have changed to hard tyres during that hour break. 13.56 Telegraph reader Samuel Pann has got in touch..and makes a good point: If they can repair the crash barrier in 30 minutes at Silverstone, why does it take 5 men 5 days here on an East Sussex road? 13.53 Update: The race will restart at 14.05. Here's what the hold up has been for...

13.47 Chilton will have a drive through penalty when the race resumes for entering the pits under red flag. Ferrari spokesman, meanwhile, says Raikonnen is "Ok". "He was lamenting some bruises to his leg," he adds. 13.44 While we sit and wait, and wait, and wait ...have a look at this video on why an F1 lap is tougher than a trip into space. 13.36 There will be no standing restart from the grid when we do finally resume. The safety car will lead out the pack with Rosberg followed by Button, Magnussen, Hamilton, Vettel, Hulkenberg... 13.34 Here's our F1 correspondent Daniel Johnson with the latest from Silverstone: F1 sounds a bit like the Highways Agency at the moment. The barriers will have to be repaired after that huge crash for Raikkonen. He limped away and has been transferred to the medical centre. Meanwhile, Max Chilton's attempts to plot his strategy have taken a bit of a hit - he's under investigation for entering the pit lane after the race was suspended.

This red flag is good news for Hamilton - he will now restart from fourth, and will look to make quick work of the McLaren pair. 13.32 Mmmmh, could be waiting a little while here. &amp;lt;noframe&amp;gt;Twitter: Daniel Johnson - ANOTHER 15 minutes until the next update. Could be a while before we're underway... &amp;lt;a href="" target="_blank"&amp;gt;#BritishGP&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/noframe&amp;gt; 13.26 Mercedes report that all is well with Hamilton's car after that "opening nudge" with Vettel. We're just waiting for the barrier to be repaired on the Wellington straight and then it's go, go, go. 13.23 There's lots of time for the drivers to have a chill out beside their vehicles as they wait for lights out part II. Vettel sits alone by his Red Bull probably thinking about where it went wrong at the start as Button took him on the opening corner. Rosberg is seen munching away having quite a debate with one of the Mercedes mechanics.

13.19 It's not the way we expected the 50th Silverstone GP to play out so early on. It's not the way Massa thought his 200th grand prix would go either. &amp;lt;noframe&amp;gt;Twitter: WILLIAMS RACING - That's it for Felipe.... Gutting way to end his 200th race as he had nowhere to go &amp;lt;a href="" target="_blank"&amp;gt;#FM200&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href="" target="_blank"&amp;gt; 13.16 We have a listen to Max Chilton over the radio who thinks that rain might come into play now with this unexpected delay. There was only ever a slight chance of rain, coming in later this afternoon, but it depends on how much longer the drivers will be left waiting for the restart. 13.12 It's game over for Massa too as Williams' engineers roll their car back to the pits. Mercedes frantically check over Hamilton's car after he had slight contant with Vettel. We'll be back under way in a few minutes.

&amp;lt;noframe&amp;gt;Twitter: Daniel Johnson - Hamilton and Vettel did bang front wheels there. Lucky neither of them ended up with a puncture. &amp;lt;a href="" target="_blank"&amp;gt;#BritishGP&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/noframe&amp;gt; Lap 2 The red flag is out and the race has been stopped. Williams can assess the damage to Massa's car before deciding whether he can continue. Hamilton will be fourth for restart. Button will start 2nd. Lap 1 A great start by Button as he moves ahead of Vettel and the world champion drops down to fourth. Rosberg got away cleanly but there's an incident further back in the pack midway into the opening lap. Raikonnen loses control of his car down the Wellington straight, spins and catches Massa's Williams on the nose. But there was no-one near him when he lost it. The safety car is out. The medics rush to the Ferrari and help Raikonnen out. He limps away and into the medics car for treatment.

13.02 Here we go then....lights out 13.00 The final formation lap is under way and then it will be lights out.... 12.57 Here's David Coulthard on where the race will be won... Silverstone is a proper, meaty, racing driver’s circuit. It is fast, flowing, and immensely challenging. It is all about extracting the maximum from driver and machine. While Monaco might demand focus and concentration from a driver within a very specific band, Silverstone is more about getting as much speed as possible from an F1 car.The conditions here this weekend seem to make everything a bit more unpredictable. For instance, Daniel Ricciardo was able to set one mighty lap on the prime tyre when the wind dropped, but then on the option tyre he could not go any quicker. With these new cars, which have less downforce than last year, they seem to be moving around a lot, particularly in the windier conditions. 12.52 Just eight minutes away from lights out. Who's your money on today? I fancy a Robserg-Hamilton-Vettel top three with Button coming fourth for a third time and therefore missing out on a podium spot again, sorry Jenson.

It's a great day of live sport again with the Tour de France and the Wimbledon men's final. At least next year the British GP won't clash with SW19 with Wimbledon to start a week later in 2015, meaning race day will fall on the All England Club's rest day. 12.49 Weather latest: Persistent rain presented problems for the drivers yesterday, not least Hamilton. There's very little chance of rain this afternoon, though, according to the MetOffice. I'm sure they never get it wrong. 12.38 George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was here yesterday. Not remarkable at all, you might think. He was in the McLaren garage (the team have supported some campaign the government have started). What was more astonishing was him wearing a McLaren jacket. I'm not sure what kind of political impartiality rules are in F1, but it was a surprise to see Osborne backing one team. I suppose, given how much his government are going on about "strivers", it made sense to back a team trying to get back to their best. At least today's 'celebs' are a tad more trendier.

While Jude Law, Stuart Broad and Seb Coe have been networking behind the scenes, Jamacian sprinter Yohan Blake was seen wandering the paddock with Hamilton. He was probably giving him tips as to how best get out of the blocks in the quickest possible time. He's going to need all the help he can today if he's going to close the gap from back in sixth. 12.25 Lotus's Pastor Maldonado was excluded from the final qualifying session yesterday for insufficient fuel and will start back in 20th place. Maldonado was forced to stop his Lotus on track during the second session, initially qualifying 15th. His qualifying time would have seen him start from 13th after penalties to Britain's Max Chilton and Esteban Gutierrez - but he himself was later penalised.

Here’s how the grid looks for today’s ninth GP of the season: 1 Rosberg (Mercedes), 2 Vettel (Red Bull), 3 Button (McLaren), 4 Hulkenberg (Force India), 5 Magnussen (McLaren), 6 Hamilton (Mercedes), 7 Perez (Force India), 8 Ricciardo (Red Bull), 9 Kvyat (Toro Rosso), 10 Vergne (Toro Rosso), 11 Grosjean (Lotus), 12 Bianchi (Marussia), 13 Sutil (Sauber), 14 Bottas (Williams), 15 Massa (Williams), 16 Alonso (Ferrari), 17 Chilton (Marussia), 18 Raikkonen (Ferrari), 19 Gutiirrez (Ferrari), 20 Maldonado (Lotus), 21 Ericsson (Caterham), 22 Kobayashi (Caterham) 12.15 What state of mind will Hamilton be in today? It's what most F1 fans will be wondering.

He's been struggling with hay fever since returning to British shores this weekend, and how well would he have slept after yesterday's dreadful mistake. There is really only one talking point as 120,000 fans file their way into Silverstone for what should be a brilliant race. What was Lewis Hamilton thinking yesterday? Abandoning his lap seemed inexplicable. Why not carry on just to see what might be gained? He had nothing to lose. While he did not enter a fully-fledged sulk yesterday, his very short interview with the BBC's Lee McKenzie did not paint him in the best light whatsoever (he has received a fair bit of criticism on social media for his attitude). Hamilton gave quite a Kimi Raikkonen-esque interview to McKenzie. Here's how it played out: "I don't know, I don't have much of an answer," Hamilton said when asked why he aborted the lap. When pushed for, he added: "I just decided not to do the lap." M: Did you not complete the lap because you felt it wasn't going to improve?" H: Obviously not. I don't have anything to say to you at the moment.

11.55 So this being the 50th grand prix at Silverstone, I thought I'd test your knowledge. How many of the previous 49 winners can you remember? (Clue: I've given you the answer to the 2008 winner in an earlier post). See how many you can correctly guess before having a look through our super-duper gallery of all the winners since 1948 by clicking on the below picture of James Hunt in 1977. Ooops, there, I've told you another. Just 47 more to guess, then. 11.45 Our F1 correspondent Daniel Johnson is in place at the new and improved media suite at Silverstone. Just don't ask him what the weather is like. The new Silverstone wing, all £27m of it, is something to marvel at. While some people may quibble about the relocation of the start-finish straight, the architecture is worth marvelling over. However, a slight F1 Correspondent's complaint. The media centre, practically adjacent to the track, has no windows. It's more like the Ministry of Love than a media centre.

Compared to the stunning view from the new centre in Austria, it's not brilliant at all. 11.30 Morning. British sport needs a pick-me-up this summer with Mark Cavendish adding to the woes this morning after being ruled out of the Tour de France. All eyes were focused on Lewis Hamilton and the likelihood of the locals being witness to a 2008 masterclass as fans descended on Buckinghamshire this weekend. Yet after a dreadful miscalculation in qualifying, it's in fact Jenson Button who may finally have something to write home about from his home grand prix, and on the weekend he commemorates his father's death with the #PinkforPapa campaign. Button has a dreadful record at Silverstone, with a fourth-placed finish in 2004 and 2010, his highest-ever finishes in 14 previous attempts. Could this finally be Button's day? It would really stick it to his boss Ron Dennis for basically telling the Briton to buck up his ideas. What about Hamilton?

Can he put a monumental error in qualy behind him and salvage something from the weekend or will Rosberg produce another faultless performance to keep his momentum going and stretch his lead at the top of the championship further? Great Britain 2016 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX Great Britain Unfortunately, we are unable to play the video at this time. Error Code: UNKNOWN 1:33.401 by Mark Webber (2013) Fri 08 – Sun 10 Jul 2016 Practice 1 Next Previous 1 / 5 Race winner Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren celebrates on the podium. Formula One World Championship, Rd 9, British Grand Prix, Race, Silverstone, England, Sunday 6 July 2008. Damon Hill (GBR) Williams FW16 celebrates his win. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 10 July 1994. Race winner Nigel Mansell (GBR) Williams FW11B caught and overtook his second placed team mate Nelson Piquet (BRA) in thrilling fashion.

Formula One World Championship, Rd7, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 12 July 1987. Jackie Stewart (GBR), Matra Cosworth MS80, and Jochen Rindt (AUT), Lotus Cosworth 49B, traded places for the lead throughout the race until Rindt's wing endplate worked loose. British Grand Prix, Rd6, Silverstone, England. 19 July 1969. Bruce Mclaren (NZL) Cooper Climax T53 leads eventual race winner Jack Brabham (AUS) Cooper Climax T53. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1960. Like so many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948.

The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day. When the Formula One World Championship was incepted in 1950, Silverstone held the very first round, won by Guiseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo. In 1951 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) was handed the lease by the RAC, and huge modifications were made. The pits were moved to the straight between Woodcote and Copse, from the Farm straight where they had originally been, and a short circuit was built within the larger circuit, cutting from Becketts corner to Woodcote. From 1955 the British Grand Prix swapped venues between Aintree and Silverstone, but with the advent of the 1960s, Aintree fell out of favour and the race was switched between Silverstone and Brands Hatch. In 1971 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) bought the entire 720 acre plot on which Silverstone sits and went about redeveloping the track.

New pits were built and a chicane was erected at Woodcote which provided close finishes and great overtaking opportunities. In 1987, with speeds reaching astounding levels, a corner was built before Woodcote, and in 1992 a new complex of corners was created between Farm and Woodcote. And in recent years various upgrades have been made to the track's facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue. In 2010 came another major change to the circuit's Formula One layout, designed to further improve the venue for spectators and provide an even greater driver challenge. The new infield layout juts right at the reworked Abbey bend before heading into the new Arena complex of turns. This takes drivers on to the main straight of Silverstone’s National circuit, before rejoining the previous Grand Prix layout at Brooklands.

F1 2014 Silverstone British Grand Prix result: Hamilton wins home race - Formula 1 - Welwyn Hatfield Times F1 2014 Silverstone British Grand Prix result: Hamilton wins home race Lewis Hamilton racing around the British Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone [Picture: Sean Ramsell] Sean Ramsell Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 British Grand Prix in front of his adoring home fans at Silverstone today (Sunday) after starting from sixth on the grid. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. Formula One star Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone [Picture: Sean Ramsell] The 29-year-old Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 star from Hertfordshire took the chequered flag at Silverstone to slash Nico Rosberg’s lead in the World Drivers’ Championship. Today’s result marked Hamilton’s second victory at Silverstone, after also winning the British GP in 2008. It was his fifth win this season and the 27th of his F1 career – putting him level with Sir Jackie Stewart.

His win came 60 years and two days after the first Formula One victory for Mercedes-Benz at the 1954 French Grand Prix. Pole-sitter Rosberg failed to finish the race in his Silver Arrows, retiring with gearbox problems, and the German now sits only four points clear of Hamilton in the race for the title. 2014 British Grand Prix 8 Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 9 Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 10 Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) Valtteri Bottas finished second for Williams, with Aussie Daniel Ricciardo third for Red Bull. Jenson Button took fourth place for McLaren in the provisional race results ahead of Red Bull’s reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel. The race had earlier been red-flagged after an opening lap crash involving the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Masssa’s Williams. The grand prix was restarted an hour later after debris was cleared from the Silverstone track and repairs were made to the barriers.

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton celebrates victory in the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone [Picture: Sean Ramsell] Watched by his family, Hamilton ran an option/prime/option tyre strategy and was delighted to come home first after qualifying only sixth on Saturday. He said: “Winning in front of your home crowd is just the best feeling. We really do have the greatest fans here and thank you so much to everyone for your patience after yesterday [Saturday]. “To see the support all around the track is just amazing. I said before that I’d never give up but it was a tough qualifying and I really needed to dig deep and come back positive this morning.

“A huge thank you to my family and all of the fans for pushing me on – I couldn’t have done it without them.” 2014 World Drivers’ Championship 1 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 165 points 2 Lewis Hamilton (Merecedes) 161 3 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 98 4 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 87 5 Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 73 6 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 70 Despite starting sixth, Hamilton carved his through the field to challenge Rosberg for the lead. He said: “Nico had a pretty big gap at the beginning of the race but I kept pushing and was happy with my pace. “After extending my first stint, we switched to the prime tyres and I honestly couldn’t believe the pace that I had and was closing up to Nico. Of course, he then had a problem and I saw him pull over. “It’s a shame for the team and I never want to see a team-mate fall behind – I always want to battle it out – but I’m sure we will get to do it again in the future.

“It’s been a rollercoaster weekend and to come away with the win after a day like yesterday is fantastic, so thank you to everyone in the team for all their hard work. I’m proud to have done it for them here, so close to our factories in Brackley and Brixworth.” Formula One star Lewis Hamilton on his way to victory in the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone [Picture: Sean Ramsell] Rosberg retired his car with gearbox problems just after half distance on lap 29, having led from the start. He said: “It’s a pity what happened today as I lost a lot of points in the Championship. We are always aiming for 100 per cent reliability but unfortunately that didn’t work out for me today. “I had a small issue in the installation lap but the car felt great in the beginning. By lap 20, though, the gearbox started to become a serious problem and from then it got worse. “I tried to get it into some safety settings, let Lewis through and just keep going until the end of the race. But there was nothing we could do so I had to stop the car.

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton on his way to victory in the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone [Picture: Sean Ramsell] “All I can do is accept that these things happen and work with the team to find out what went wrong. It’s a shame for the race in a way, as it could have been a great battle against Lewis, but congratulations to him for the win. “Now we are heading to Germany with the quickest car and I’m looking forward to a home Grand Prix for both Mercedes-Benz and myself.” The head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport said it was a day of mixed fortunes for the team. Toto Wolff said: “It was a day of two halves for the team – a fantastic result for Lewis at his home race and disappointment for Nico when he had to retire. 2014 World Constructors’ Championship 5 Force India 91 6 McLaren 90 “First, the positive aspect: Lewis drove a faultless race today. He made up positions at the start and in the opening laps after the restart, then it was shaping up to be a big battle until Nico started to suffer the gearbox problems. “But what I want to praise most of all is Lewis’ approach today.

He had a bad qualifying session but he arrived at the circuit this morning in such a positive frame of mind and determined to perform – and he did that for his home fans. “It was a great performance that showed his mental strength.” Wolff added: “Nico was doing a great job leading the race today and handled his retirement like the professional he is: he understands that this is part of motor racing and that we still have a long way to go this year.” Mercedes technical director Paddy Lowe added: “Our W05 Hybrid car was very strong today: Silverstone is a benchmark circuit not just for engine performance but also for aerodynamic efficiency, and we saw incredible pace from Nico and Lewis in the opening stint. “There we had two of the best drivers in the world, right on the limit, fighting tooth and nail – and every sector of every lap counted. It was great to watch.” Lowe continued: “We decided to put the drivers on different tyre strategies, with Nico planning to run option/option/prime and Lewis offset on the slower option/prime/option strategy, which could have given him a chance to challenge for the lead in the closing laps. “It was shaping up that way until Nico’s problems.

It was a real blow to lose Nico’s car: there was an early sign of a problem with a strange downshift, then it went away for 10 laps before recurring. “We tried to change settings to remedy the situation but ultimately he lost drive and had to retire. “But on the positive side, Lewis delivered a fantastic home win for the crowd and it couldn’t have been better at Silverstone’s 50th British Grand Prix. “It’s eight wins in nine races now, which is an amazing statistic, but today also reminded us that we need to keep focusing on every small detail if we want to maintain that level of performance.” While Hamilton’s victory at Silverstone was a great result for British sports fans and punters alike, it provided bookmakers William Hill with the worst F1 result of the season. Hamilton had been incredibly well backed all week and now finds himself favourite for the Drivers Championship again after Nico Rosberg failed to finish. “We had a tough race given that we enhanced a number of Lewis specials including to win the race and get the fastest lap,” said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly.

“We had been filled in for Lewis as well as people were backing him as though he could not lose, even after he started in sixth place.” Close British driver Hamilton wins Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi — RT News Tags Formula 1 , Russia The race started at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) at the Olympic Park, which was used for Sochi’s Winter Olympics in February. The Sochi Autodrom itself is a brand new 55,000-capacity venue built near the site. Hamilton's first place came with a race time of 1:31:50.744, securing his ninth win of the season and equaling legendary British F1 racer Nigel Mansell's record of 31 Nationwide Series wins. German Nico Rosberg, also with Mercedes, came in second with1:32:04.40 after recovering from a problematic start, shortly followed by Finland’s Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes subsequently clinched the 2014 constructors' championship.

while the usual champagne-soused celebrations took place, the event was somewhat overshadowed by F1 racer Jules Bianchi who suffered a serious crash in last week's Japanese Grand Prix. "While we celebrate a hard-earned achievement today, we will not forget what happened to Jules in Suzuka and we will not forget the battle he is fighting at the moment" Mercedes motorsport director Toto Wolff said. There is now a three week break until the next race in Austin, for the United States Grand Prix. GALLERY: Formula 1 Grand Prix kicks off in Sochi, Russia Sochi marked the inaugural Russian Grand Prix - held at the former Olympic site. “The track is unique as it is the only one on the F1 calendar to be located on an Olympic site,” Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel says. “Generally, I think it has a very successful mix of corners with different characters, some of them will be very difficult, and that’s ultimately what we want as drivers.” Saturday’s qualifying session had ended with Hamilton securing pole position ahead of his teammates. “I'm really grateful that I got the pole here, for the first time.

It's going to be tough tomorrow, it's a long lead down to turn one, so we'll find out how that works out," he told journalists after Saturday’s time trial. Sochi Grand Prix shows Russia 'very, very serious' about F1, Lewis Hamilton tells RT Jenson Button was in 4th spot and Russia’s favorite, Daniil Kvyat, finished 5th. “Everything is going great. A Russian, Daniil Kvyat, has qualified fifth and that’s absolutely fantastic,” a Russian fan told RT’s Neil Harvey. “We’ve been supporting him strongly and will do that on Sunday. The race will be very exciting,” fans said. The crowds of fans of the major international sporting event will be joined by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin press service. Putin headed to the competition with Bahrain’s ruler, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The Russian president said he noticed positive tendencies in the relations between Russia and Bahrain. “I am very glad that we have an opportunity to discuss bilateral relations and discuss the situation in the region,” he said addressing Bahrain’s leader. Later, Russia’s ambassador to Bahrain, Victor Smirnov, told journalists that Moscow and Manama had signed a series of cultural and tourism agreements.

Start your engines: Maiden Russian F1 GP gets under way in somber mood Sochi’s F1 race is the 16th of the 2014 season. A week earlier, the Grand Prix was held in the Japanese city of Suzuka. The event was overshadowed by an accident involving French driver Jules Bianchi, however, who suffered a severe head injury after his car crashed into a crane, which was trying to remove another car that had skidded off the circuit during wet conditions in Suzuka. Bianchi drives for Marussia, a joint Anglo-Russian venture that has its headquarters in the UK. The Marussia team will have only one car on the starting grid, as a mark of respect to injured driver Bianchi.

British F1 Grand Prix 2014 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction | Bleacher Report British F1 Grand Prix 2014 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction By Stuart Newman , Featured Columnist Jul 6, 2014 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press 5 Comments All eyes were on Lewis Hamilton heading into the British Grand Prix on Sunday, and the home favourite didn’t disappoint, cruising to a convincing victory at Silverstone. The Englishman finished 30 seconds clear of runner-up Valtteri Bottas to close the gap on Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg at the top of the F1 standings, claiming the second British Grand Prix triumph of his career. Rosberg led at Silverstone thanks to some expert racing once again, but was forced to retire with a gearbox issue just before the halfway point, leaving Hamilton to romp to victory. Here’s how it finished on Sunday: British Grand Prix Results Dream Victory for Hamilton Rui Vieira/Associated Press Though Sunday’s victory was Hamilton’s fifth of the 2014 F1 season, this particular chequered flag holds special significance.

Not only did it put him right back in the hunt in the drivers’ standings, but winning on home soil is also a feeling like no other. Clearly elated with his victory, Hamilton was patriotic in his celebrations, seemingly dedicating his victory to England when he crossed the line, as Autosport Live reported: "Lap it up boy," Hamilton is told. "ENGLAND!" he yells in response. #F1 — AUTOSPORT Live (@autosportlive) July 6, 2014 The win was nothing more than Hamilton’s driving deserved, though, despite his Mercedes teammate’s retirement. Rosberg has driven phenomenally all weekend around Silverstone, and Mercedes labelled his early exit from the race as “undeserved": That's it, race over for @nico_rosberg . Gearbox issue, lost drive. An undeserved end to a sterling weekend for NR6. #F1 #BritishGP — MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) July 6, 2014 However, despite leading at the time of his gearbox fault, Hamilton was eating up the seconds on Rosberg in second place and may well have passed him in the closing laps.

The German’s first retirement of the season meant that it wasn’t a grandstand finish on Sunday, but it sets up a thrilling World Championship race, as Sky Sports F1 revealed: That #BritishGP win for Hamilton means he's now just four points behind Rosberg in the Drivers' standings. #SkyF1 pic.twitter.com/5vTnTLQ2SG — Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 6, 2014 Here’s a look at the 2014 Formula One standings following Hamilton’s triumph: 2014 Formula One Standings 0 Sky Sports Elsewhere, Jenson Button narrowly missed out on joining his countryman Hamilton on the podium after he was pipped to third place by Daniel Ricciardo. Button ran the Australian close, but it could have been a different story had McLaren got their tactics right—just bringing him in a few laps too late to reach the podium.

Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso also raced well to cross the line in fifth, but the day belonged to Hamilton, who said that he was pleased with his performance despite the lack of a crowd-pleasing finish, per Andrew Benson of BBC Sport : “I honestly feel I had the pace today," he said. "I was catching Nico in the first stint and was feeling pretty comfortable. I never want to see my teammate fail like that. I was looking forward to a wheel-to-wheel battle but I'm sure we'll get many in the future.” Indeed, there will be many more battles between the Mercedes pair as the race for the World Championship heats up, starting with the German Grand Prix on July 20. Jon Super/Associated Press There, Rosberg will be the fan favourite as he looks to restore his dominance at the top of the drivers’ standings. However, if Hamilton emulates his Silverstone form in Germany, Rosberg will have a tough time keeping tabs on the Englishman, both on the track and in the race for the World Championship.

Formula 1's Driver Power Rankings After 2014 British Grand Prix | Bleacher Report Formula 1's Driver Power Rankings After 2014 British Grand Prix Featured Columnist IIISeptember 9, 2016 Formula 1's Driver Power Rankings After 2014 British Grand Prix 1 of 12 Drew Gibson/Getty Images The 2014 British Grand Prix featured Formula One racing at its finest. There were great drives all the way through the field, with Valtteri Bottas' excellent run to second the standout performance. Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel had one of the best duels we've seen in recent years, Jules Bianchi showed admirable fight in his Marussia and Lewis Hamilton 's race-craft continues to impress. But his qualifying does not. Quite the turnaround from what we might have expected before the start of the year. Reliability finally caught out Nico Rosberg, while Daniel Ricciardo chalked up his fourth podium in five races. Read on to find out if he's still top of the pile in my fourth set of power rankings. Note on Power Rankings These rankings should not be confused with the actual championship table.

Rather than looking solely at points, they also take into account race results, qualifying, overall performance of each driver and how they stack up against their team-mates. The relative pace of each driver's car is factored in. Only performance at the last six races is considered, with equal weight applied to each one. The previous rankings, based on the six races up to and including the Austrian Grand Prix, are here . All position changes are relative to positions in that article. Honourable Mentions 2 of 12 Christopher Lee/Getty Images Felipe Massa drops out mostly due to good work from those around him. Of course the crash wasn't his fault, but he can't be given any credit for a race he didn't really take part in. Jenson Button drove superbly at Silverstone, but he hasn't done as much in the last six races as the men who made the Top 10. And Jean-Eric Vergne's recovery from the rear of the field to finish 10th is also worthy of a mention. 10. Jules Bianchi Mark Thompson/Getty Images New Entry Jules Bianchi qualified a brilliant 12th in his Marussia, and it could have been even better.

He lost time to yellow flags on his last flying lap after Esteban Gutierrez crashed at Luffield. Without that loss, he might have become the first Marussia driver to ever reach Q3. But it was still the best-ever qualifying performance for the team, and though the MR03 lacked race pace, Bianchi still put on a great Sunday showing. He was 10th at the restart and slowly slipped down the order as a succession of faster cars got through. Bianchi fought every one of them, never looking out of place in the duels, and clung to the rear of the midfield battle for the entire race. He finished 14th, just 30 seconds down on the midfield proper. 9. Sebastian Vettel Christopher Lee/Getty Images Up One Sebastian Vettel got used to the front row during the four years of Red Bull dominance, but this was only the second time he'd started there in 2014. He made a mediocre start and was passed by the two McLarens. This effectively ended his chance of a podium, as he lost time behind them and made an early stop in an effort to jump ahead.

But it did set him onto a collision—almost—course with Fernando Alonso. Alonso passed Vettel on the German's out-lap from his second stop. Vettel then set about trying to get back past, giving fans at home and at the circuit one of finest battles in recent memory. The Red Bull man eventually prevailed, and he came home in fifth. 8. Sergio Perez Drew Gibson/Getty Images Up One Sergio Perez's ill-fated season-long stay at McLaren might have harmed his reputation a little, but he's rapidly proving the Woking team may have been wrong to ditch him so soon. He qualified a respectable seventh in a tricky qualifying but was hit by Jean-Eric Vergne on the opening lap and pushed off the track. When the red flag came out, he was last. His Force India had poor race pace, but Perez made the most of his one-stop strategy and good straight-line speed. He made his way back through the field, circulating at speeds comparable to team-mate Nico Hulkenberg. But he couldn't quite recover enough. The Mexican finished 11th, narrowly missing out on a point. 7.

Daniil Kvyat Christopher Lee/Getty Images No Change Daniil Kvyat qualified in the Top 10 for the fourth time in 2014, posting a lap one-tenth of a second quicker than team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne. He made a decent start and slotted in behind Nico Hulkenberg's Force India. Though clearly quicker, the Toro Rosso could not get by, and his race was compromised further when he made an early pit stop in an effort to move ahead. Hulkenberg and many of those around him went for a different (one-stop) strategy. When Kvyat came out from his second stop, he was again staring at the back of the Force India. Again he tried to get by, and again he didn't have sufficient straight-line speed to get the job done. But it was a good race for Kvyat, and he equalled his best-ever finishing position of ninth. 6. Nico Hulkenberg Christopher Lee/Getty Images No Change (Just) Nico Hulkenberg and his team read the conditions perfectly in qualifying. The German lined up a season-best fourth. He now has a 7-2 lead in the qualifying battle with team-mate Sergio Perez.

But in a reversal of their recent form, Force India were painfully slow in the race at Silverstone. Hulkenberg gradually dropped back through the order and soon lost touch with the fight at the front of the midfield. He came under late pressure from Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso but held on to finish eighth and maintain his 100 percent scoring record in 2014. But he simply hasn't been performing as well as we know he can, and he needs to get to grips with the VJM07. 5. Valtteri Bottas No Change Valtteri Bottas is looking more and more like a true star of the future. Williams made a hash of qualifying, and Bottas could only manage the 17th-fastest time. Team-mate Felipe Massa was one place back in 18th. But starting 14th after others received penalties, Bottas put himself into contention right from the off. He was ninth after one lap, sixth after four, and on Lap 15 he passed Jenson Button for third.

By then the two Mercedes' were half a minute ahead of anyone else, so Bottas settled in for a race to be best of the rest. It was less a race, more a nice, leisurely Sunday drive. The Finn was elevated to second when Nico Rosberg retired, and he remained comfortably clear of the rest of the field to score his best F1 result to date. Third in Austria, second in Britain. A visit to the top step will surely come along sooner or later. 4. Fernando Alonso Drew Gibson/Getty Images No Change The British Grand Prix was yet another race in which Fernando Alonso got about as much as anyone could expect to get from the Ferrari. The team were caught out badly in qualifying, going out on the wrong tyres at the wrong times. Alonso qualified 19th, which became 16th after the various grid penalties were applied. The one big stain on his weekend was missing his grid slot. The five-second stop-go penalty he received for the offence took away any chance he had of jumping Jenson Button in the pits. But it also put him right behind Sebastian Vettel after the German stopped, giving us the highlight of the race.

Alonso brilliantly passed Vettel around the outside at Copse, but the Red Bull man was quicker after that. The two embarked on an epic duel, running inches apart on more than one occasion. Alonso defended like he was fighting for the world title, but sadly for the two combatants it was a battle for fifth. Vettel eventually prevailed, and Alonso came home sixth. 3. Lewis Hamilton Christopher Lee/Getty Images No Change Lewis Hamilton messed up qualifying for the third race in a row, misjudging track conditions on his final attempt and ending up sixth. But he made up for it on Sunday. He made his customary good start and was running fourth after one lap, and he quickly dispatched the two McLarens. Toward the end of the first stint he was catching Rosberg at around three-tenths of a second per lap, and it looked like we'd be treated to another great fight between the pair. It wasn't to be. Rosberg retired and Hamilton sailed by, slowing considerably thereafter and cruising to the line for his fifth win of the season. In the races he's better than he has ever been, but he really needs to sort out qualifying. 2.

Nico Rosberg No Change The bad-luck fairy finally caught up to Nico Rosberg at Silverstone. He'd produced an excellent performance in qualifying, snatching pole in the dying seconds. With Lewis Hamilton down in sixth, Rosberg looked nailed-on for the win. It turned out he wasn't, but we were robbed of what might have been an epic scrap. A good start saw him convert pole to the lead, but after his stop he began to experience gear-shift problems. His pace dropped off, allowing Hamilton to catch up quickly. His W05 got stuck in fifth gear at the start of the 29th lap, coasting to a halt half a lap later. Rosberg tried to get it going again but couldn't, so recorded his first retirement of the season. 1. Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton leads from the front to win his first Malaysian Grand Prix | Sport | The Guardian Lewis Hamilton leads from the front to win his first Malaysian Grand Prix • Hamilton leads Mercedes one-two alongside Nico Rosberg • British driver ends run of nine F1 races without podium finish Lewis Hamilton salutes the crowd and his Mercedes crew after winning the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Sunday 30 March 2014 06.15 EDT First published on Sunday 30 March 2014 06.15 EDT Close This article is 2 years old There is a line on Lewis Hamilton's fastidiously decorated helmet – taken from the American poet and author Maya Angelou – which reads "Still I Rise". But for Nico Rosberg and the other Formula One drivers who trail in his phosphorescent wake there should be another message: Mind The Gap. The letters should be very large, and placed on the back of the helmet. Hamilton's victory in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix was hardly surprising. After all, he is the quickest driver and he happens to be driving a Mercedes car which is vastly superior to the other 21 vehicles on the grid. Except Rosberg's. And he beat his team-mate by the staggering margin of 17.3 seconds. The vanquished and the merely defeated wear different expressions, and Rosberg's ashen countenance evoked thoughts of Bob Hoskins' terrible epiphany at the end of the vibrant gangster film The Long Good Friday.

Even the quietly spoken Hamilton, who is not usually boastful of his gifts, said afterwards: "I learned a few things in practice but it is a different thing learning it from applying it, but today I applied it and that's why I'm pulling away. It's massive. I can't remember the last time in my career I had a gap like that, particularly with a team-mate driving the same car. That's definitely a good feeling." Rosberg, who won the first race in Australia two weeks ago and was second here, still leads the embryonic drivers' championship by 18 points. But this was a reminder of the chasm that exists between the two Silver Arrow drivers when Hamilton is at his absolute best. Given the intimacy of the two men (and boys) as rivals, the bleak truth of the matter must be rumbling about somewhere at the back of Rosberg's highly intelligent mind. But the demands of professionalism, as well as self-esteem, are such that these thoughts must be sublimated, even banished, wherever possible. Sunday's drive by Hamilton, though, was a brutal reminder of the pecking order when all goes well for the British driver.

That is not to say that Hamilton, who was forced to retire early in Australia , is a shoo-in for the title. Many sagacious racing men put their money on Rosberg at the start of the campaign, for Hamilton can implode just as often as he explodes. But on his day he can reach a level that only the truly great drivers touch. And we don't know yet whether Rosberg is capable of greatness. Jenson Button, Hamilton's previous team-mate, at McLaren, was asked about the pairing at Mercedes. He said: "They are close as friends but one [Hamilton] has won a world championship and the other hasn't – so that might change things a bit between them. They are going to keep giving it their all but looking at what Lewis did is going to hurt a little bit. He was super-fast here – 17 seconds. That is a lot to put between you and your team-mate when you have both had a clear race. I am sure that is strike one." This was Hamilton's 23rd win in Formula One, his first at the Sepang circuit in Kuala Lumpur and the first one-two result for Mercedes since their heyday 60 years ago.

Hamilton led from lights out to chequered flag, his first victory since Hungary last summer, and he has rarely looked as elated as this. He said: "I'm pushing myself more than my team-mate is pushing me. That's where the push is coming from. Naturally, Nico is very quick, he's won the first race, he's always there. So naturally we're pushing each other. But I feel like this year I'm pushing myself that extra. I'm eking out more than I've ever been able to eke out before. "I'm giving it everything. There's nothing else that's on my mind, there's nothing else that I'm thinking about. I'm only thinking about the championship. I'm thinking about winning. I'm living and breathing it, as I do every year. For some reason this year there's more capacity. "I'm more mature. I'm getting older, so all the experiences are adding up. I'm starting to see the benefits of the mistakes, and the things I've said, or the things I've done, and I even noticed it today." The race itself was largely uneventful but it did see the emergence of Red Bull as the likeliest challengers to Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel was third – albeit a huge 25 seconds behind the winner – and the wretchedly unlucky Daniel Ricciardo, who was disqualified in Melbourne for a fuel-flow violation after finishing in second place, put in another fine drive only to retire following a botched pitstop when his front left wheel was not properly secured, and a broken wing. Fernando Alonso was fourth in his Ferrari, and at times showed some real pace. The signs are that both Ferrari and Red Bull will be competitive by the time the F1 circus comes to Europe in May. Meanwhile, Williams and McLaren got both of their drivers into the top 10. Button was sixth, three places ahead of his team-mate, Kevin Magnussen, who was watched by his father and former McLaren and Stewart-Ford driver, Jan. The most absorbing contest of the day was that between the Williams pair Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Massa ignored team orders to give way to Bottas. "Valtteri is faster than you," was the insensitive message he was given, which must have reminded of the time he was told "Fernando is faster than you" in his Ferrari days.

Massa, who was also pushed around by Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, and who just might consider himself top dog at Williams, remained precisely where he was.

Question: Which Formula One driver won the 2014 British Grand Prix?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton