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Lewis Hamilton wins the Silverstone Grandprix

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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

British Grand Prix  2015  –  Formula One World Championship

5 Jul  –  Silverstone Circuit  –  52 laps  –  190 miles

1.        Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes   25    1:31:27.729    200.868 mph

2.       Nico Rosberg – Mercedes         18    +10.956sec    200.468 mph

3.       Sebastian Vettel- Ferrari          15    + 25.443sec   199.941 mph

4.       Felipe Massa – Williams            12    +36.839sec   199.529 mph

5.       Valtteri Bottas-Williams            10  +1: 03.194sec  198.581 mph

6.        Daniil Kvyat – Red Bull              8    +1:03.955sec 198.554 mph

7.        Nico  Hulkenberg -Force India  6   +1:18.744sec   198.027 mph

8.       Kimi Raikkonan – Ferrari             4                             196.869 mph

9.       Sergeo Perez   – Force India          2                             196.359 mph

10.     Fernando Alanso – Mclaren           1                             194.122 mph

Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grandprix at Silverstone in front of 140,000 crowd. Mclaren team mate Fernando Alanso  swerved to avoid the Lotus cars that had clashed in the first corner, the Spaniard lost his control and speared into Jensen Button. The damage was critical  as the safety car was brought in and Jensen Button was forced to retire.