Silverstone — Germany’s Sebastian Vettel won an exciting British Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday to deny Lewis Hamilton a fifth successive home victory and move eight points clear at the top of the Formula One standings. In a thrilling race with two safety car periods, reigning champion Hamilton went from pole position to the rear of the field before finishing second in a superb fight-back. Kimi Raikkonen was third, after incurring a 10-second penalty for tangling with the slow-starting Hamilton at the third corner of the opening lap and sending the Briton spinning. The win was Vettel’s fourth of the season, 51st of his career, and once-dominant champions Mercedes’s first defeat at Silverstone since 2012 before the V6 turbo era started. "You’re a lion," the elated team told him over the radio at the chequered flag as they celebrated Ferrari’s first win in Britain since 2011. "I was a bit concerned going into the race but I was fine, probably a bit of adrenaline," said the German, w...
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