Lewis Hamilton's top 3 wins in Formula 1

#1 2008 British Grand Prix / McLaren-Mercedes

Formula One Motor Racing - British Grand Prix - Race - Silverstone

Ranking a driver's Formula 1 best victories depends on certain aspects; the most prominent is context. If a driver had an unbelievable race and it helped him to score points to support a championship effort, his performance gets an extraordinary boost.

Hamilton's second season in Formula 1 did not start like his debut year. After the first five races, although he had a race win in Australia, Hamilton had three podiums and one Grand Prix without scoring points.

His year improved in Monaco after taking an extraordinary win in the rain. The following races to his victory in Monaco were awful, with retirement in Canada and a tenth in France.

In Silverstone, Hamilton's home race, the weekend did not start in the perfect way. His pace in the three practice sessions was not the best, in fact, Hamilton's teammate, Heikki Kovalainen, was ahead of the British driver in the three practice sessions.

On Saturday, Kovalainen scored Pole Position, while Hamilton lined up fourth behind Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber and Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen.

Hamilton's championship hopes were not perfect at that point. He was fourth in the standings with 38 points, behind Felipe Massa (48 points), Robert Kubica (46), and Räikkönen (43).

During the race, Hamilton managed to move to the second position at Turn 1, then overtook his teammate and imposed his rhythm over the course of the Grand Prix. Hamilton won the race with a 1 minute and eight seconds gap between his McLaren and the next car, Nick Heidfeld's BMW-Sauber.

Hamilton lapped every car outside of the podium and lapped the championship leader twice in the race. The English driver has described his performance in the 2008 British Grand Prix as his greatest race ever.

The 2008 win in Silverstone was Hamilton's first in his home GP in his F1 career. He's won the last four races at Silverstone in a row, all four with Mercedes.

Hamilton finished the 2008 season with his first championship in Formula 1 with a one-point advantage over Massa.