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Hamilton: I've never won a race just on three wheels!

Six-times Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said 'survival instinct' clicked in after a last-lap puncture almost cost the Mercedes driver a record seventh British Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton had been cruising to a solid home victory from pole position at Silverstone, with Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas second, until the fates packed a race-worth of drama into the last two laps. Bottas's tyre went first, dropping the Finn to 11th at the finish, and then it was Hamilton's turn with the Briton suddenly finding himself driving on three tyres with Red Bull's Max Verstappen catching up fast. Only the fact that the Dutchman had stopped for fresh tyres to claim the fastest lap, leaving...
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