Charles Leclerc took victory for Ferrari at a sold-out Silverstone, but a late safety car finish left fans divided. Photo: AFP
Not for the first time, a Formula One race director decided, controversially it seemed, to end a Grand Prix with a slow procession rather than a thrilling high-speed contest.
The decision to keep the safety car out at Silverstone on Sunday left many in a sell-out 175 000 crowd feeling short-changed as they anticipated a last-gasp race to the flag with home hero Lewis Hamilton fighting for second behind Ferrari teammate and eventual victor Charles Leclerc or, possibly, a record 10th home race win.
It was a complex, provocative and unsatisfactory ending.
Here, we look at three things we learned from an action-packed British Grand Prix.
