Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix and cuts gap on Nico Rosberg
Title race thrown open as Nico Rosberg pulls out Lewis Hamilton win brings him to within four points of leader
The fierce grapple between Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg for the Formula One world championship could yet become a classic among sporting confrontations. It embraces an Anglo-German face-off, and a contest between thrilling instinct and brooding intellect. Theres even a bit of Aesop thrown in, with its tortoise and hare associations.
A season that was revving hard in the direction of anti-climax has been rescued along with the British sporting summer by Hamiltons victory in Sundays British Grand Prix, his fifth win of the season. This was not one of the greatest of his 27 triumphs, a figure that puts him level with Sir Jackie Stewart. It certainly was not the equal of his stunning win in the wet here in 2008, when he romped home with almost 70 seconds to spare.
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