Lewis Hamilton finally ended a nearly 1000-day wait to earn his 104 Grand Prix victory at Silverstone on Sunday, extracting the maximum he could from his Mercedes throughout the race weekend. George Russell pipped Lewis Hamilton to pole position on Saturday, but Mercedes probably didn’t expect to nail a front-row lockout especially given the pace shown by McLaren. They benefitted from Max Verstappen damaging his car earlier in the session, but when it came to the race, the Dutchman was never in contention until the final few laps. McLaren threw away the opportunity to win the race with poor st…
