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Published: 18 July 2021
In front of his crowd at the Silverstone Arena, which hosted the tenth round of the Formula- 1 World Championship, the holder of the title, British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, won a thrilling victory after surviving a collision with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen on the first lap, following which he received a penalty of 10 seconds.
This victory is Hamilton's second successive "Sir" in his country's trophy, bringing his number of victories on the English rink to eight in a record, and his 99th in a seven-time world champion career seeking to break with German first-class legend Mikael Schumacher.
Ferrari driver Charles Locklear of Monaco was dissolved second, while Finnish Valtteri Bottas completed the dominance of Mercedes by rising to the last threshold on the coronation podium.
In the Formula One World Championship rankings after the British Grand Prix, the tenth stage of this season was held in Silverstone:
The order of drivers comes as follows:
Max Verstappen (Netherlands) 182 points
Louis Hamilton (Britain) 150
Sergio Pires (Mexico) 104
Lando Norris (Britain) 101
Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 92
Charles Lockler (Monaco) 62
Carlos Saëns (Spain) 60
Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) 40
Pierre Gasly (France) 39
Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 30
Fernando Alonso (Spain) 2000
Lance Stroll (Canada) 14
Esteban Ocon (France) 12
Yuki Tsunoda (Japan)
Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
Antonio Juvinatsi (Italy)