Having been right on the pace throughout qualifying at Silverstone, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton was left fifth on the grid by a dose of understeer

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has opened up on the factors that affected his qualifying run at Silverstone.

Hulkenberg declared that he and Sauber “pitted at the perfect time every single time”, with the “crucial” instance being their call to pit one lap later than Hamilton as the final return to dry tyres began, a podium-securing move in Hulkenberg’s view.

The Sauber driver picked up his first podium in F1 after a chaotic British GP, and almost the entire grid came out to congratulate him