Lewis Hamilton made a crucial call to pit for intermediate tyres, when it appeared he had lost the British Grand Prix, as rain came down over Silverstone and turned an exciting race into a proverbial nail-biter. Hamilton succumbed the lead to his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg on lap 43, and immediately decided to plunge into the pits and change to Pirelli inters. The timing was perfect for the Briton as the clouds unloaded themselves just enough to render the slick tyres hazardous and substantially slower. Although Rosberg at this point took the lead, after reeling in Hamilton at almost two seconds a lap, he had to complete a lap on a much slower track and watching all his hard work...
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