Lewis Hamilton racked up his ninth British Grand Prix win at the start of July, a record for any F1 driver at a single circuit, all of his wins coming at Silverstone.

The first came in 2008 and, naturally, it merited an Autosport front cover and a comprehensive review of the race within the magazine.

You can look ack on that first race win with the knowledge of what was to come by checking out that issue of Autosport here.

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