Sebastian Vettel won the 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.
This is the German's second victory at the Silverstone circuit since 2009. He now leads 2018 drivers' championship with
"The Safety Car spiced it up, it was a nice battle with Valtteri (Bottas)! I think I surprised him. I'm really really happy," said Vettel after winning the race.
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 for Mercedes in a superb fightback. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was third.
Vettel leads with 171 points, followed by Lewis Hamilton with 163 points, and his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen with 116 points.
Lewis Hamilton's hopes of a fifth successive British Grand Prix victory, and sixth in total, were dealt a heavy blow.
Hamilton was slow off the line, however, and he and Raikkonen came together, with the Mercedes spinning around.
The Finn was handed a 10-second penalty by stewards for causing the collision.
"I think my car's broken," Hamilton told his team over the radio, also reporting damage to the right rear tyre although his engineer said the pressure was fine.
"I feel like I've lost half my floor," he added later.
"There may be some damage but we can't see much at the moment. We are still reviewing," the team assured him.
After the ceremony, during the interview at the podium, Hamilton apologised and assured of a comeback to the 140,500 strong crowd at a sunny Silverstone.
"This is the greatest crowd in the world, and I'm sorry I wasn't able to bring it home for them. I'll never give up!" said Hamilton.
Kimi Raikkonen took the responsibility of the clash. He said, "Hitting Lewis in the rear - my bad... my mistake. I deserved the penalty, I took the 10 seconds. Without the mistake, it would have been better. I tried. I did the best I could."
In addition to the 10 seconds, Raikkonen has been handed two super license penalty points for Hamilton clash.
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