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On Sunday Lewis Hamilton picked up his ninth win at the British Grand Prix making him the driver with the most wins on a single track. The win for Hamilton came after almost three years since his last win in Saudi Arabia back in 2021.
"I didn`t see it coming, but after the first stint it seemed like we were really good on tyres," said Verstappen as he celebrated a ninth career win that lifted him to 77 points with Hamilton on 107.
Mercedes had won the delayed season`s four previous races and taken every pole, but Verstappen was alone among the top 10 on the grid to start on the hard tyres.
This is the first time since 2012 that Lewis Hamilton did not win on the home track. The Briton was deeply unimpressed by a first-lap collision with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen that sent him spinning to the back.
Formula One champions Mercedes made a statement of intent in British Grand Prix practice on Friday with Valtteri Bottas leading home favourite Lewis Hamilton at the top of the timesheets as Ferrari were left far behind.
The Briton, who will be chasing a fourth successive home win at Silverstone on Sunday, was the only driver to miss the F1 Live event on Wednesday.
The triple world champion is in need of home comforts after setbacks beyond his control in Azerbaijan and Austria left him 20 points behind Ferrari`s championship leader Sebastian Vettel as the season approaches the halfway stage.
Silverstone hosted the first world championship grand prix in 1950 and Britain, home to seven of the 10 teams as well as triple world champion Lewis Hamilton, has been on the calendar every year since.
The shield is an open canopy in front of the driver and made from polycarbonate, a tough but see-through thermoplastic polymer.
Vijay Mallya, the beleaguered liquor baron who co-owns the Force India Formula One team, said on Wednesday that Indian authorities had no grounds to extradite him from Britain and he would not be leaving.
Businessman Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India for Rs 9,000 crore loan default, was on Wednesday seen at an event in UK promoting a new Formula One car launched by his team Sahara Force India.
Perez collected eight points and Hulkenberg six as the team took its tally to 73.
The four-times world champion, Sebastian Vettel had gearbox problems on Friday and again on Saturday at Silverstone.
The Mercedes one-two was followed up by Red Bull`s Max Verstappen.
Triple world champion Hamilton was quickest in both practice sessions.
Embattled Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya, declared a proclaimed offender by a Mumbai court in a money laundering case, on Friday said that "life must go on" as he made a rare public appearance on the Formula 1 racing track here.
It is the first time this season that Force India boss is attending an F1 race
Embattled Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya today made a rare public appearance in the United Kingdom as he attended the Free Practice sessions ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix, here.
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