Race number 9 was the most anticipated race of the season as it was most of the teams home circuit: Silverstone. It was also the tracks 50th Grand Prix and there were lots of celebrations to mark the occasion, such as a display by the red arrows. But most important was obviously the race. The famous British weather meant that qualifying was very surprising because the track was rained on then dried in one sector right at the very end so the cars that lapped at the very end of Q3 put in very quick laps. Surprisingly, teams like Ferrari and Williams were caught out by the rain and did not make it past Q1. The top three were Rosberg, Vettel and Button, with Hamilton unable to take advantage of the dry last sector.
The race dawned dry, to the relief of the crowd. However, on the very first lap Raikonnen crashed and caught Massa, with the race being red flagged while the marshals repaired the barrier. When the race restarted, it was an eventful race, with Rosberg braking down due to a gearbox problem. Hamilton came from 6th to win with Bottas coming from 16th to second and Ricciardo coming in third. The next race is in a couple of weeks
Nev
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