Juan Pablo Montoya won today’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone to claim his first victory for Team McLaren Mercedes since joining earlier this year and his fifth in Formula One. Team mate Kimi Raikkonen finished the 60-lap race in third position and set the fastest time of the race on the final lap, having fought his way up from 12th overcoming a ten place penalty on the grid, to ensure that two Team McLaren Mercedes drivers stood on the podium. Juan Pablo and Kimi were split by Championship leader Fernando Alonso.

The race victory was made extra special for the team and the drivers as many of the people working at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking and Mercedes Benz in Brixworth were able to attend the race.

Ten minutes before the start, all the drivers and the Team Principals gathered at the front of the grid for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for the victims of Thursday’s London bombings.

As the lights went out in front of a capacity 100,000 crowd at Silverstone Juan Pablo moved from third to first in the opening two corners after an exciting battle with Alonso. However the Mercedes Benz Safety Car came out as Sato was blocking the track but by this point Kimi had already moved from 12 to eighth. The race was on again at the end of lap 2 as the Safety Car came in.

On lap five, Juan Pablo led Alonso by a second and Kimi was really pushing Michael Schumacher hard for seventh place but was unable to pass until the first round of pitstops where the Finn passed both Michael and Jarno Trulli.

Both Juan Pablo and Kimi were on two-stop strategies. Juan Pablo came in for fuel on laps 22 (8.8 seconds) and 44 (6.6 seconds), whilst Kimi pitted on laps 26 (8 seconds) and 45 (6 seconds).

Following today’s race Kimi remains second in the Drivers’ World Championship with 51 points whilst Juan Pablo is sixth with 26 points. Team McLaren Mercedes is second in the Constructors’ rankings with 87 points.

Webber is now tenth in the standings after finishing 11th in the British Grand Prix. Let’s hope we all see a better result in the next round at Hockenheim, Germany on the 24th July.