How World championship leader Hamilton won British Grand Prix with deflated and shredded tyre

Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - August 2, 2020. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the race. [REUTERS/Will Oliver]

A lucky Lewis Hamilton limped to a record seventh home British Grand Prix victory after his Mercedes suffered a dramatic last-lap puncture on Sunday.

In an astonishing end to a race he had dominated from pole position, the Briton hung on to stretch his Formula One world championship lead to 30 points despite the tyre nearly falling off the wheel rim.