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00:00A round of applause, he is ready to kickstart the celebrations, 8 times we've said it before, here's a 9th for you, Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix, what a victory, Hamilton is back!
00:15Superb, what a superb drive.
00:18Such difficult conditions, kept it all pointing in the right direction, lost out here, gained there, but when it mattered, he crossed the line first.
00:28The celebrations in the grandstands and the celebrations in the Mercedes garage, the drivers will hear that.
00:37It's been a wretched, wretched week for the fans in terms of the weather, but the sun comes out after 52 laps and they can celebrate in the sunshine.
00:47It's our home win, it's another win for Lewis and it's the first driver ever to pass 300 Grand Prix and take a victory in what is his 344th Formula 1 Grand Prix.
01:00Verstappen on the scene to be the first to congratulate him, I'm sure Lando Norris is doing exactly the same, he played his part too in a terrific race.
01:09And science did get fast as well.
01:11Get in there Lewis, you're the man, you're the man!
01:18Oh mate, I have been waiting for this, jeez.
01:25Thank you so much guys, it means a lot to get this one, a big thank you to all the fans here, love you guys.
01:33We will prevail, we never give up and what a sign off for our joint trajectory here on the British Grand Prix, we couldn't wish for anything better.
01:44And the rest of the team are saying why didn't we go on to the medium tyres at the end, the soft just didn't work for him.
01:50Red Bull got it right with Verstappen, it was soft or hard and they went on to the new hards and that worked for them.
01:57But that is for our race debrief as well, that is for Simon Lasermeyer the team to also talk about for the moment, just look at these scenes.
02:09And he can scarcely believe what has happened this weekend.
02:14The only race that he led prior to this for more than one lap was the sprint race in Shanghai.
02:20He had a couple of stabs at it, the rain came in to make it difficult and then he rose, rose to the top.
02:33They are such clumsy things to get out of, there are so many bits and pieces everywhere.
02:37I am sure as a youngster Lewis Hamilton would have been dreaming of a British Grand Prix win, I am sure as a more mature man he would have been dreaming of when that next British Grand Prix win would come.
03:01This is going to be some celebration as he dives into the arms of his team.
03:08Spare a thought for George Russell who could easily have been up there with Lewis celebrating on the podium and a suspected water pressure issue robbing him of a finish in his home Grand Prix that he started on pole.
03:25Where there is despondency and despair for him there is elation and joy on the other side of the garage for Red Bull.
03:35A briefing, Max Verstappen does increase his championship lead beating Lando Norris, his nearest rival.
03:42Hamilton moving to within one point of George Russell.
03:45It must be said that was a great drive by Max Verstappen and a very fair drive all the way through there.
03:51Absolutely.
03:54Had just a bit of everything.
03:58And now we get sunshine behind the top three.
04:01Piastri finishing fourth for McLaren, less than five seconds behind his teammate in the end.
04:07Carlos Sainz, as you said Martin, took that point for the fastest lap.
04:10Nico Hülkenberg can rightly start a party at Haas tonight for their second consecutive sixth place finish.
04:18And that moves Haas to just four points behind RB now in the Constructors' Championship.
04:25Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso a seventh and eighth and a solid drive for them.
04:29Stroll was only eight tenths off Hülkenberg at the end.
04:32Alex Albon scores his second and William's second points of the season.
04:36And Yuki Tsunoda gets the final points coming home in tenth place.
04:41And yeah.
04:43Yeah, they've been through it all together and will continue to go through it all together.
04:52That a real heartwarming moment.
04:55Father and son.
05:02You spoke to him in the week, Martin.
05:05Was he predicting a British Grand Prix win?
05:07No, he was hoping for one.
05:08But he was like, yeah, we've got work to do.
05:11I don't think we can win it.
05:13But he has.
05:15Our car's much better.
05:17We trust our car.
05:19We're enjoying driving our car more now.
05:21But as I said, that was a racer's race.
05:23That was not straightforward at all.
05:25Not a textbook race.
05:27It was one where you had to think on your feet and control the car in some hugely challenging conditions.
05:35Perez and Leclerc were early drivers to go on to the intermediate tyres.
05:40It wasn't the right time.
05:42They finished 17th and 14th respectively.
05:46It's going to take a while for the interviews today.
05:49Fair play.
05:51He's not had a chance to celebrate in front of his home crowd since 2021.
05:58For the victory.