The 7 time World Champion Comes Home: Hamilton's win at Silverstone

All eyes were on the British drivers — George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, and Lando Norris — coming into this weekend at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. An emotional 104th win from Lewis Hamilton was perhaps not on the cards for most Formula One pundits for the end of the first triple header of the season.

Mercedes started off the weekend strong with front rows for both George and Lewis with P1 and P2, respectively. But everybody was expectant of Max still securing another win from P4. Following the Austrian GP, speculations about the Lando vs Verstappen fight was also at its peak with Lando starting from P3.

George Russell, the winner of the last GP, had outqualified Hamilton for pole at both of their home GP and was riding the high of his back-to-back successful performance. This dream of back-to-back wins ended with the rain as Russell had to retire his car due to a suspected water system issue at lap 34.

But there was more in store for the Brit fans and Team Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton overtook his teammate, gave Lando Norris a run for his money and managed to hold on to his 2 second lead from Verstappen to win the British Grand Prix for the 9th time in his career. This historic win breaks Michael Schumacher’s world record of winning 8 times in Silverstone and brings him a win after 945 days.

 The 7 time World Champion Comes Home: Hamilton's win at Silverstone

The win that saw emotions up and down the racetrack had a choked up Lewis sobbing in his father’s arms and later adding in his post-race interview that there have been days when he has doubted if he still has it in him to win races. The 39 year-old British driver, 7 time World Champion, has been bringing the fight to RebBull slowly and steadily throughout the season and Silverstone saw the culmination of skill, expertise, equipment, strategy, and experience this year as the rain poured down and the drivers took risks in tyre strategies.

It did come down to strategy for McLaren as another win slipped out of Lando Norris’ grip and he settled for the 3rd position, right behind Verstappen, putting two British drivers on the podium. While he builds up his appetite for winning, having Lewis make a much-needed comeback has fans excited all around the world for this year’s championship — Verstappen still leads with a huge gap to Norris but the halfway mark in the season just fired up the competition between the teams and drivers much more than it was at the beginning of the season.