Lewis Hamilton had successfully won the British Grand Prix when the race was six corners old.
At the point when the autos were unleashed after five laps behind the wellbeing auto on a wet track taking after a deluge 15 minutes before the begin, the title holder delivered what was most likely one of the immense opening laps ever.
When the field came to Luffield, Hamilton was at that point an astounding three seconds ahead of the pack.
Three seconds. In the nine corners, the autos had arranged up to that point – including Stowe, Vale, and Club toward the end of the past lap – as Hamilton sprinted away once the security auto was no more an issue.
Before the end of the primary lap, he was 3.7secs clear. Once their pit stops and the intricacy of the virtual security auto were managed, Hamilton was five seconds up after five dashing laps, and the race was in his pocket.
From that point on, he quantified his pace to those behind, doing close to he expected to, ensuring his motor with a perspective to the long haul and cruising to his fourth win in the previous five races.
“Lewis stormed away at the beginning,” Toto Wolff said, “and had the right pace and walked over the water. On a day like this, Lewis Hamilton is unstoppable.”
In truth, this race had resembled Hamilton’s from much sooner than that. He was quickest in every one of the three practice sessions, and in two of the three qualifying sessions. His speediest lap in second qualifying was 0.7secs faster than Rosberg, who cut just a large portion of that in the main 10 shoot-outs in the wake of taking a gander at Hamilton’s telemetry.
To put it plainly, Hamilton was in his very own group during the time – particularly through the quick corners that make up the second area, especially Copse, Maggots and Becketts.
“It is the best sector in the whole season,” Hamilton said. “That series of corners is phenomenal.”
“Bigger balls,” he said. “It is the feeling in the car, nice balance. I got the car in a great position, set-up wise, balance-wise, and it was a dream to drive.”
The weekend overall, he said, “has felt pretty awesome”.
His one mistake was an oversteer minute through the quick first corner, Abbey, on lap 28, which required an outing along the break street.
In any case, seeing as the same soggy fix likewise got out his kindred champions Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen (twice on account of the Finn), among others, that can barely be held against him.
