THE BRITISH GP IN 3 KEY MOMENTS

1 Bottas defeats himself regardless of Safety Car intervention

History will record that Lewis Hamilton claimed his sixth British Grand Prix victory – eclipsing Jim Clark’s 52-year-old record – by a 24.9s margin from his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. But an already entertaining race could have been even closer had a third party not got involved at the crucial moment, enabling Hamilton to maximise the advantage of only making one pitstop.

It was Bottas who secured pole position with his first Q3 effort on a blustery Saturday. His second flying lap might have been even quicker