This is a scene from motoring's Battle of Britain, which opens in the Red Bull war office in a basement in Milton Keynes just before round 12 at Silverstone. The once dominant Austrians are under serious attack from the English, carefully disguised in German tanks.

At the end of the movie the headline from the front page of The Herald Sun flashes up: "Soap Dodger wins Soap Dodger F1 in Soap Dodger Land in car built in Soap Dodger market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire. Kangas come 4 and 13."

Hamo cried because he won, Mad Max cried because he came first of the losers, Leaping Lando cried because the team stuffed up again, Georgie cried because his car broke and he had to call the NRMA, and the 148,000 soap dodgers watching the race in the Temple of Top Hats cried because it was a beautiful SDL summer's day with a balmy 9 degrees, torrential rain and cyclonic winds.

As the London Telegraph's Luke Slater said, it was "six laps, five drivers and three lead changes that showed the very best of F1 at the British GP. A sequence of six laps showed F1 at its very best with mistakes, overtakes and the lead swapping several times between three Britons – Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris."

It was a master class from Hamo, the best wet weather driver ever. He was the best driver, in the best car, with the best strategy but he told the team to get fudged when they made the wrong calls.

And Nico Hulkenberg drove the race of the century. Pity for Haas (soon to be Toyota) that he goes to Sauber next year.

In other front page stories: Will Toyota buy Haas? Will the US Department of Justice find F1 is operating under "anti-competitive" practices by keeping Andretti out of the sport? Will our most recommended car (Lexus) start its own limo company in Australia (yes)? Did Which? mag just rate Lexus as SDL's most reliable used car, scoring five stars over 15 years (yes)? Did Alfa, Land Rover, Audi and BMW rank least reliable (yes)? Are EVs less reliable than proper cars (yes siree)?

And today's big question: Is Hamo making a mistake going to Ferrari next year? Hmm, is continuing to eat Toad in the Hole in Milton Keynes when you could have tortellini del Tortellante at Il Cavallino a mistake? Yup, staying in Milton Keynes would be as big a mistake as a cat trying to bury a poo on a marble floor.

And our favourite driver from Australia's easternmost state just called in on the psychic Bro/Jandals phone to say: "I just sort of turned in, looked pretty good and then just got smashed by someone, gutting." Of course, the hitee was Shane van Gisbergen. Going into last weekend's NASCAR Chicago streetcar race, Shane was odds-on. Chase Briscoe clipped Shane and so his Chevvy went into the levy wall ending his race on lap 27.

jc@jcp.com.au