Lewis Hamilton rolls back years to triumph at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first win in 945 days and take a record-extending ninth British Grand Prix win on a wet, wild and emotional afternoon at Silverstone.

It looked as though Lando Norris would take his maiden victory on home soil but he was left exposed by his flat-footed McLaren team in the changeable conditions.

As the Northamptonshire track dried out following a splurge of rain, Hamilton, trailing Norris by two seconds, peeled into the pit lane to switch from intermediate tyres to the soft rubber.

Norris was critically left out one lap longer and when the McLaren driver emerged from the pits – after a sluggish 4.5 sec pit-stop – Hamilton had taken the lead to huge roars from the 164,000 sell-out crowd.

Hamilton rolled back the years over the remaining dozen laps to take his first victory since the penultimate round of the 2021 campaign in Saudi Arabia.

Max Verstappen finished second with Norris third as pole-sitter George Russell retired following a water system failure on his Mercedes.