After not putting a foot wrong all weekend, Lewis Hamilton has walked away from his home Grand Prix just one point behind his rival for the 2017 F1 drivers crown, Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton started from pole, managed a restart after an early safety car and drove a faultless race, leading every lap, to cross the line ahead of his Mercedes teammate, Valtteri Bottas.

The three time world champion equalled Jim Clarks long standing record of winning four British GP events in a row, and equalling Clark's and Prost's record of five wins in total around the British track.

But all that was nothing in comparison to closing the title battle to as close as it can possibly get as we head into the halfway point of the season in Hungary in two weeks' time.

Finishing the race he rewarded his fans with a bit of crowd surfing before getting down to speaking with the press, the same press that had given him so much grief ahead of the race for not attending the demo run through the streets of London on Wednesday…

"I'm so happy... this has got to be one of my sweetest wins here. I was gunning for this victory. There was so much negativity ahead of the race, with people questioning how I prepared for the race,"' he said. "But this weekend has been one of my strongest of the weekend. I made a solid start and then after that I managed the car and the balance, and the boys did a fantastic pit stop. I really can't find a fault at the moment."

"The team did an exceptional job this weekend and Valtteri obviously drover a stormer today - I'm proud of him. It's great to have him in the team. I'm surprised to see the issues the Ferrari had because I didn't see any debris. I did not expect to come away from this weekend just one point behind Sebastian."

"This result really opens up the championship - and we go to Hungary next, where I've always gone well. Every time I came around Turn 7, I could see the fans cheering every single lap. It was really reminiscent of 2008, my first Grand Prix win here. I've got some great supporters here, not only in the crowd, but in the garage as well."

"I've got my brother here, some of my aunties and family has come too. There's this amazing young kid who's come from South Africa, Michael, who is fighting cancer. It was amazing to see him. And Billy Monger is with us, who is just such an inspiration."