Jenson Button says ‘no one’ would be complaining about British GP ending if Lewis Hamilton had won

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Jenson Button has called for an end to the complaints about the ending of Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

The Silverstone race was overshadowed by late confusion around the safety car, which saw Charles Leclerc lead a procession over the finish line.

The FIA say the ‘safety car in this lap’ message was shown due to a software error and that the regulations were followed. They needed to wait at least one lap after lapped cars were allowed to overtake, which meant they ran out of time.

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Jenson Button: Lewis Hamilton frustrations feeding into British Grand Prix backlash

Button feels the ‘great’ race should be appreciated, regardless of the anticlimactic lap 52.

While fans were denied a potential last-lap duel for the podium places, there had already been enthralling battles between drivers like Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Max Verstappen.

Button thinks some of the backlash is down to home hero Hamilton being disadvantaged. He didn’t have a chance to attack Russell for P2 after changing tyres as Ferrari’s gamble backfired.

“No one here would have been saying what we’re saying if Lewis was leading the race,” he said on Sky Sports F1. “We would have loved to have seen Lewis win the race!

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“It all depends on who you want to see win the race, but all in all, I thought it was a great British Grand Prix, and lovely to see Lewis up on the podium after quite a tricky afternoon.”

Hamilton, who survived a post-race investigation for a potential yellow-flag infringement, still gains 15 points on championship leader Kimi Antonelli. That leaves him just 32 behind the Mercedes driver, though he did lose a small amount of ground to George Russell.

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Many fans in the record-breaking crowd were dreaming of a 10th Silverstone win for Hamilton after he bagged Sprint pole on Friday, but that proved to be the highlight of his weekend.

Antonelli denied him the Sprint victory, and he then lacked the pace of Leclerc after the drivers were given the opportunity to modify their setups.