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Hamilton's Silverstone streak over as Vettel extends lead

Sebastian Vettel snapped Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' dominance of the British Grand Prix to extend his lead of the drivers' championship after a stunning Silverstone race. Vettel burst past Valtteri Bottas in the closing stages of Sunday's race, with Hamilton also getting beyond his team-mate to follow Vettel home in second. Whether Bottas put up much of a fight to his stable-mate is unclear, but allowing Hamilton through means he is just eight points behind Vettel, who picked up his fourth win of 2018 and first at Silverstone since 2009. Pole-sitter Hamilton's bid for a record-breaking sixth win at his home race went up in smoke at turn three as he fell behind Vettel and Bottas...
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