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British Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 8th July 2018 Local
Sun 8th July 2018 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2018

Round
Round 10

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Silverstone Circuit

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The 2018 British Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the tenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship. It marked the 73rd running of the British Grand Prix, the 69th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event, and the 54th time that the World Championship event had been held at the Silverstone Circuit.


Hamilton arrived at Silverstone one point adrift of Vettel in the drivers’ standings but confident in the knowledge that he was the favourite to win in front of his home crowd. That looked unlikely within moments of the start when Raikkonen locked up, sliding into Hamilton and pitching the five-time British Grand Prix winner into a spin. Hamilton kept the engine running, rejoined in last place and then set about one of his trademark comeback drives to limit the damage in the drivers’ championship.
Mercedes gave themselves a chance of snatching back the win by leaving Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas out when the Safety Car was called into action late in the race, while Ferrari and Red Bull pitted for fresh tyres. And for a few laps, it looked like it may work as Bottas held off Vettel, with Hamilton to third.
But ultimately, Vettel had too much pace on the softer tyres and after eyeing his prey for a few laps, brilliantly snatched the lead from Bottas. Hamilton also moved past the Finn, but he didn’t have the performance to attack Vettel and had to settle for second with Raikkonen third.
It was Vettel’s 51st victory, moving him level with four-time world champion Alain Prost in third in the all-time list. The German extends his championship lead over Hamilton to eight points heading to his home race at Hockenheim. It’s the first time it’s been more than a point ahead since the Chinese Grand Prix.


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01			Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:27:29.784
02			Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+0:02.264
03			Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:03.652
04			Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+0:08.883
05			Daniel Ricciardo	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:09.500
06			Nico Hulkenberg	Renault F1 Team	+0:28.220
07			Esteban Ocon	Force India	+0:29.930
08			Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:31.115
09			Kevin Magnussen	Haas Factory Team	+0:33.188
10			Sergio Perez	Force India	+0:34.708
11			Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:35.774
12			Lance Stroll	Williams Racing	+0:38.106
13			Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+0:39.129
14			Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Racing	+0:48.113
15			Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	DNF
16			Romain Grosjean	Haas Factory Team	DNF
17			Carlos Sainz Jr	Renault F1 Team	DNF
18			Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF
19			Charles Leclerc	Sauber	DNF
20			Hartley Hartley-Smith	Toro Rosso	DNF

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