Football might be coming home, but the F1 title might not.

Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second place in his home race at Silverstone yesterday, but considering what happened during the first lap of the British Grand Prix that’s not half bad.

Hamilton and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen were involved in a collision early on in the race, and the Briton was less than happy during his post-race interview.

Some of his reaction below via ESPN:

“This is the greatest crowd in the world, and I’m sorry I wasn’t able to bring it home for them. I’ll never give up.” Hamilton said. “The team did a great job this weekend and there’s been a lot of pressure on for us all. Interesting tactics I would say from their side but we will do what we can to fight them in the next”.

When asked about the incident in the post-race press conference, he said: “All I’ll say there’s now two races the Ferraris have taken out one of the Mercedes. A five-second penalty [for Vettel in France] and a 10-second penalty doesn’t feel… It is a lot of points Valtteri and I have lost in those incidents.

“Obviously it’s a racing incident and I can’t see behind me. We need to position ourselves better so we’re not exposed to the red cars because who knows where they are going to be.”

OK, let’s go the tape.

You’ll have to put up with some Scandinavian commentary, but this is the best video out there with regards showing the actual collision:

Vettel ended up taking top spot, with Hamilton in second and Kimi Raikkonen in third.

In terms of the overall driver standings for the 2018 season, that’s pretty much par for the course:

Expect plenty of drama as the 2018 season kicks into fifth gear.

[source:espn]