Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg drops out
Lewis Hamilton wins home GP for first time since 2008 Valtteri Bottas finishes second as Nico Rosberg fails to finish
Lewis Hamilton won his second British Grand Prix here on Sunday and with his team-mate Nico Rosberg failing to finish he closed the gap at the top of the drivers championship from 29 points to only four.
The only disappointment for the 120,000 crowd was that the promised showdown between the two Mercedes drivers never took place. Hamilton surged into the lead when Rosberg dropped out of the race with gearbox problems on the 29th lap. Hamilton, though, had been the faster of the two men all afternoon after starting in sixth position. He had closed the gap on Rosberg to just 2.8 seconds when the German came in for a pit stop after 19 laps. That excellent stop was just 2.7 seconds. But when Hamilton pitted just before the halfway mark there was a problem with his right rear wheel and it took 4.1 seconds.
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