Two years ago they clashed on the opening lap at Silverstone - Verꦜstappen spirall💮ed out of the race, and Hamilton went on to win.

It laid the foundations for their rivalry to explode months later in Abu Dhabi when Verstappen controversially won his first 🐎F1 title.

Before returning𝐆 to Silverstone this year, Hamilton looked back and said to : “In the pas𒁏t people underestimated what a good job Red Bull have done with their car.

“I lost on the start, with wheel spin, to Max in the sprint ra✤ce a🍌nd couldn’t get close enough.

“I knew, the next day, I had to be ahead. I had to get ahead someh♒ow!

“I 𝕴h﷽ad a better start but he still held on, on the outside through Turn 1.

“We were dicing through 3, 4, 5…

“You think you will go a bit wide.

“I came back, got the exit of 7.

“We collided. That’s what happens in racing sometimes. That’s what motorsport eﷺntails sometimes.

“I had a ꦜ10-second penalty - head down, focus, try to recover that.

“Which I did. I thought that was quite a feat.

“You’ꦚre not thinking about what𒆙 happened earlier in the race. 

“We won the grand prix after coll♔iding, after losing the position the d✨ay before.”

Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix eight times but will begin from ✤P7 on Sunday.