Lewis Hamilton Heidfeld, the largest margin of victory recorded since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. Earlier in his career, Hamilton was criticised for being hot-headed at times, as demonstrated when he was disqualified in Imola in the GP2 Series for overtaking the safety car, something he would go on to repeat four years later in Formula One at the 2010 European Grand Prix in Valencia. Later in his career, however, Hamilton demonstrated greater maturity, while maintaining his ruthlessness and aggression. He divided public and former drivers' opinions in the final race of the season, where from the lead, he defied team-orders and
2009 British Grand Prix the race while Hamilton said he was pushing his hardest despite finishing 16th. Away from the track action, the talk of the paddock was the threat of a breakaway series, with FIA President Max Mosley confident of a solution to the dispute. Commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone admitted for the first time the British Grand Prix would be returning to Silverstone if Donington Park was unable to host the 2010 event. "Cars that used KERS are marked with" "‡" 2009 British Grand Prix The 2009 British Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula