Hamilton hails greatest moment

8:40pm Sunday 6th July 2008

"You're the master in the wet," were the words Nicholas Hamilton told his brother Lewis before the British Grand Prix, and so it proved as the McLaren star thrilled a nation.

Hamilton admitted to arriving at Silverstone feeling downbeat, but showed no signs of fatigue as he stormed to victory and go joint top of the drivers' world championship with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.

"It is definitely by far the best victory I've ever had," assessed Hamilton, beaming from ear to ear, just six weeks after his Monaco success.

He added: "It was one of the toughest races I've ever done. As I was driving I was thinking, 'if I win this it will definitely be the best race I've ever won'.

"That's not only because of its history, but also because I'm on home ground and I drove one of my best races ever.

"I was coming to the last lap and I could see the crowd beginning to stand up and I was just praying, praying, praying, 'keep it on the track and just finish'.

"You could not believe the emotions inside. I wanted to push, get it round, and we did. The team did a fantastic job."