Lewis Hamilton said he was “pleased” to have joined Alain Prost and Jim Clark as the record holder for most British Grand Prix wins.
“It has taken me a long time to get there but I am so proud to be up there with the greats,” Hamilton said.
“Still a long, long way to go, so new heights hopefully will be set.”
The Mercedes driver’s triumph at Silverstone on Sunday was his fifth – and it moved him to inside one purpose of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in the title. Hamilton was cheered all through a predominant execution on Sunday as he took his fourth triumph of the year and he swarm surfed and high-fived the fans in the wake of falling off the platform before showing up in front of an audience at the fan zone in the wake of finishing his engineers question and media responsibilities. “It is almost impossible to describe how amazing it is the reception from the crowd,” he said. “It spurs me on and pushes me and that love really inspired me this weekend. Anyone who was here or at home supporting me, I want them to know how grateful I am.”
Hamilton was scrutinized in a few areas of the media for missing a F1 limited time occasion in London on Wednesday that was gone to by every one of the 19 different drivers.
“I did not expect to come away only one point behind,” he said. “Maybe seven or 10 or 12. We kind of needed this today.
“I couldn’t have dreamed or imagined today he would have the problem at the end. So to have that close up at the British Grand Prix, that’s fantastic. So happy.”
He wanted to spend some days in Greece unwinding to get himself in the correct mentality before coming to Silverstone.
“There is no reason to question my preparations,” he said. “I have more poles than most. I am building up the wins that I have. My performance is second to none.
“If you don’t know now that my preparation is mostly on point, than I guess you never will.”
He added: “I did something I felt was right for me and I performed the best I have all year, in terms of the championship.”
