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The Day After: An explosive finish

A win that, on paper, looked much like many of his others, Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Sunday’s British Grand Prix was in truth anything but. Through 51 laps, the only question surrounding the Briton’s afternoon was who he would thank first in his post-race interview, until suddenly with one lap to go, it was a question of whether he would even make it to the finish, let alone win the race, as his front-left tyre disintegrated. Indeed, as much as Hamilton has earned his ‘Formula 1 legend’ status with 87 career victories, this one was just lucky. Lucky that teammate Valtteri Bottas gave him some forewarning when the Finn’s front-left became the first to go on lap 50. Lucky that...
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