At Silverstone, a partisan crowd turns up hoping to see a first home win since David Coulthard in 2003, but, despite starting on pole, Hamilton comes in third after getting his car set-up wrong.

He crashes during qualifying for the European GP at Germany's Nurburgring but is fit to start from 10th on the grid.

However, he finishes outside the points for the first time after spinning off in the wet - he rejoins the race but finishes down in ninth.