{"id":485020,"date":"2024-07-07T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485020"},"modified":"2024-07-07T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:55:08","slug":"lewis-hamilton-back-to-winning-ways-at-home-british-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lewis-hamilton-back-to-winning-ways-at-home-british-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton back to winning ways at home British Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton won his home race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, achieving a thrilling, record-breaking victory as the lead changed hands several times on a rain-slicked track at Silverstone.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion rolled back the years to take his first race win since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and secured a record ninth victory at Silverstone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A champion for the ages \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritishGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BritishGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfchfddMxr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/cfchfddMxr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1809977804269732017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The packed home crowd erupted in celebrations as a tearful Hamilton paraded around the track, holding the Union Jack aloft from his car.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton&#8217;s old rival, Max Verstappen, was in close contention throughout the race. Despite chipping away at Hamilton\u2019s lead in a dramatic finish, the Red Bull driver was unable to overtake him, securing Hamilton&#8217;s place at the top of the podium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He still can&#8217;t quite believe it! \ud83e\udd29<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritishGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BritishGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kq16MqsCJR\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kq16MqsCJR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1809974237555273948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The pole-sitter George Russell had to retire the car midway through the race for damage in the water system, giving a heartbreak for the home driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton won his home race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, achieving a thrilling, record-breaking victory as the lead changed hands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":485021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22641,17139,16926],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[22642,17916,17856],"acf":{"announce":"The seven-time world champion got his first victory since Saudi Arabia 2021","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485023,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485020\/revisions\/485023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485020"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=485020"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=485020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}