News Details

2020 British Grand Prix: Hamilton survives Pirelli mayhem

A race that went from 0-100 in the blink of an eye, Lewis Hamilton was able to just hang on in a dramatic finish to the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Finishing 5.856 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Hamilton crossed the line with his front-left tyre on the verge of disintegration, narrowly avoiding the fate Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas had suffered just minutes earlier. Indeed, with two laps to go, the story of the race was looking very different, with Hamilton leading Bottas in a comfortable Mercedes 1-2. Suddenly, the Finn's front-left tyre delaminated, costing him nine positions as he nursed his car to an emergency pitstop, the Mercedes' pitwall subsequently instructing...
Full Story »
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Chinese GP on the verge of cancelation

The 2020 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix is set to be officially called off...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Starting on softs should be the fastest option...

Pirelli brought the three hardest tyre compounds to Great Britain....
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Outside Line: Time for a change at the GPDA

For an organisation that purports to represent all Formula 1 drivers, the...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pirelli: "It was important to add an extra...

To make the second Grand Prix at Silverstone slightly different from the...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia pinpoints turning point in MotoGP...

Francesco Bagnaia missed out on a third consecutive MotoGP crown in 2024...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Penske purchases Grand Prix Association of Long Beach

Penske Entertainment announced Thursday that it has acquired the Grand...

AJ Foyt technical director Michael Cannon leaves team

Michael Cannon, AJ Foyt Racing’s revered engineer and technical...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool, Arsenal sent £33.4m transfer warning by...

Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Markus Krosche warns Liverpool that...
29m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Keown in heated clash with fellow pundit over future...

Martin Keown and Simon Jordan have locked horns in a fierce debate over...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal reporter tips Gunners to move for 25m...

Arsenal journalist Charles Watts tips the Gunners to enter the race for...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.