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<\/div>Lewis Hamilton admitted he had never experienced anything to compare with the dramatic finish to the British Grand Prix that saw him take the chequered flag with a flat tyre.<\/p>\n
The six-time Formula One champion looked comfortable at Silverstone as he closed in on a seventh win in his home race.<\/p>\n
However, a dramatic finale saw Hamilton almost caught by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who was just 5.856 seconds adrift at the end.<\/p>\n
Hamilton suspected he was having trouble with his front left on the final lap, before it blew out completely, leaving him to complete the race on three tyres.<\/p>\n
He claimed to feel in control all the way but joked that his “heart nearly stopped” amid the excitement of the closing moments.<\/p>\n
“Up until that last lap everything was relatively smooth sailing,” Hamilton told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“The tyres looked great. Valtteri [Bottas, his Mercedes team-mate] was really pushing incredibly hard. I was doing some management of that tyre, he looked like he wasn’t doing any, so when I heard that his tyre went I was just looking at mine and everything seemed fine.<\/p>\n
“The car was still turning no problem, so I was thinking maybe it was okay. The last few laps I started to back off and then just down the straight it just deflated. I noticed the shape just shift a little bit.<\/p>\n
“That was definitely heart-in-the-mouth kind of feeling! Just driving and trying to keep the speed up – sometimes it’ll take off and break the wing.<\/p>\n
“Oh my god, I was just praying to get around and not be too slow. I nearly didn’t get around the last few corners. I really owe it to the team.”<\/p>\n
Christian Horner, boss of the Red Bull team, told Channel 4 that “Lewis’ luck rolls with him at the moment”.<\/p>\n
Toto Wolff, Hamilton’s team chief at Mercedes, called it a “bittersweet result” after Bottas fell out of the points after looking set for second place.<\/p>\n
Hamilton was the coolest man on the track.<\/p>\n
“I was really chill for some reason at the end,” Hamilton said.<\/p>\n
“In my mind I was thinking, ‘How far is it to the end of the lap?’.<\/p>\n
“I could hear the gap coming down from 19 [seconds] to 10 so I was giving it the full gas out of [corner] 15 down to 16 and then the thing wasn’t stopping.<\/p>\n
“Oh my god, I have definitely never experienced anything like that on a last lap and my heart definitely probably nearly stopped.<\/p>\n
“That’s probably how cool I was because my heart nearly stopped.”<\/p>\n
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