Hammer Time is Back

Lewis Hamilton won his first race since Saudi Arabia 2021 at his home race (Silverstone) this past weekend. This win broke multiple records including greatest number of wins at one track (nine wins). He qualified second behind George Russell. It then started to rain a little on lap seventeen, but not enough to pit. Hamilton passed Russell and then the two McLarens passed both Mercedes for first and second. There was then a slight break in the rain. The rain then started to come down again but it was heavier. Everyone needed to pit for intermediate tires and since Hamilton was ahead of Russell he got an advantage in the pits. McLaren made a bad call with Oscar Piastri and he dropped to sixth. With one McLaren out of contention it was looking like Mercedes had a good chance to win but then all of the sudden Russell had to retire due to a water system issue. With one Mercedes left, one Mclaren in contention for the win, and one Red Bull in the fight (because of the undercut), it looked like anyone could win. It was getting closer and closer to the time to pit and finally Max Verstappen and Hamilton pitted. Hamilton went for the soft tire and Verstappen the hards. Lando Norris then pitted the lap later for softs too. It was now game on as everyone had made their final stops and all that was left to do was race. Hamilton was out in front but on the softs, but would the tires last the rest of the race or not? As it turned out yes they would but not for Norris. His tires degraded faster and Verstappen passed him. Luckily for Hamilton there wasn’t enough time for Verstappen to catch him. Hamilton then won his record breaking 104th win in front of his home crowd.