Lewis Hamilton Writes Another Page of History at Silverstone!

What a race this year's Silverstone was! From start to finish, we saw drama unfold. Lewis Hamilton's superb driving did the job today, with an opportunistic Heidfeld taking second, and in the meantime, the strategic genius of Ross Brawn putting Barrichello on the extreme wets secured Honda's first podium finish of the season! What an outcome...

And what a bleak day this has been for the Ferraris. Massa was unable to control his sliding car. The commentators counted five spins and possibly more unseen.

But also a dismal performance from Kimi Raikkonen, finishing fourth, one lap down.

The grand prix started with Heikki Kovalainen in the pole position, looking all set to go on and win it. Mark Webber was in second, Raikkonen in third, and "yours truly" Hamilton waiting for his moment in fourth.

It was "him" that took a great chance right at the start, taking advantage of Webber trying to hold the iceman, "ice kool" Hamilton saw the gap and went for it, almost nailing teammate Kovalainen, who defended his first place with authority.

However, as the first round of laps would have it, Hamilton was on the pace and Kovalainen just could not hold him off any longer. It made all the more sense not to block a fellow teammate, considering Alonso was lapping one sec faster. Therefore allowing Lewis through, or rather not blocking him any further, was a better strategy.

The rest of the race saw spectaculars spins. Webber, Massa, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Glock, and a host of other drivers all felt the sting of the unforgivable wet conditions.

However, the biggest drama today must have been Barrichello's. The only man switching to extreme wet tyres, he came about half-a-minute faster than Lewis Hamilton before the Brit went in his second pit stop. Had it not been for the fuel-hose malfunction at Honda's pit lane, the winner of the British Grand Prix this year could have been Brazilian, not British.

However, this raises an interesting thought experiment—why did McLaren run the risk with another set of intermediate tyres for Lewis, considering a max gain of 12 second a lap on extreme wets. It would only take three laps at this pace, which Lewis is more than capable of achieving without over-cooking it.

As the saying goes, "Luck favours the brave", and it did—although the risk taken towards that extent could have been very costly...

In any event, today's race was a lot more interesting to watch than Magny Cours; Lewis did a fantastic job to get back to business after two jinxed results in both Montreal and France.

The podium was something of an originality, with three different manufacturer's on there, one being Honda, which has not happened since 2006. Ross Brawn is truly a master tactician to have decided on extreme wets for Rubens. If only Ron Dennis had done the same....

Regardless, the bottom line is that we have a threesome at the top of the driver's standing with Raikkonen, Massa, and Hamilton in the No. 1 "bed". Kubica will be watching this one closely, only two points behind this lot, whilst resurging teammate Nick Heidfeld is only 12 points behind that trio, and ten behind the guy that has outpaced, outshone, and outdone him for most of the season.

The German driver has sent the message he's in for a five-way championship decider...How sexy, I mean, how exciting?!

What it all comes down to is that today's GP was emotional, but it also revived a lot in terms of marketability for F1, with regards to the politics. The scandals and all the rubbish that is crippling the sport's image; these drivers are doing a tremendous job entertaining us to level unknown.

Mr. Mosley, how dare you try impose hefty superlicense fees?! I will never understand your reasons behind that!