The race started well for Lewis, shaking off an aggressive attempt by Ferrari’s Raikkonen to overtake by cutting across the middle of the lane to block him before going back on line. This gave Hamilton an early lead of over a second by lap 5 which he maintained until he had to pit after 16 laps. Nerves seemed to have got he better of him as he almost left with the fuel hose still attached. He didn’t though and maybe only lost a second or so.

Things didn’t look good from the middle stint as both Alonso and Raikkonen benefited from longer runs before pitting. Lewis then suffered from locking wheels and was almost 20 seconds behind Alonso at lap 36. It was now clear that there was something wrong with Lewis’s car as he was now losing around 2 seconds per lap.

The final stretch of the race saw Raikkonen 30 seconds ahead of Lewis and Alonso 7 seconds ahead. Disappointingly Lewis didn’t win the British F1 Grand Prix today but his record of winning a podium at every Grand Prix still stands. 

Lewis is still leading the Championship, although now by 12 points instead of 14. Well done Lewis and good luck in the European Grand Prix in Germany in a fortnight.

Full results and timings to follow.