At the restart, he was on what looked to be the better soft tyres, against Norris on the hards, but he failed to find a way past.
While he managed to hustle his way alongside at one point on the run down to Copse Corner, the straight-line speed of the McLaren allowed Norris to retain his place.
And thereafter, Hamilton did not have another chance to get back as Norris was able to stretch his legs on the high-speed Silverstone swoops.
Having come home in Norris’s shadow, Hamilton told his Mercedes pitwall over the team radio about how impressed he was with the performance of Norris’s car.
“That McLaren is a rocketship,” declared Hamilton. “That speed is insane.”
Speaking after the race, Hamilton praised the performance of the McLaren, as he congratulated Norris on his result.
“I just want to say a big congratulations to Lando and to McLaren,” said Hamilton. “It was my family, it was where I first started. So to see them back up there looking so strong.
“That thing was rapid through the high-speed corners. I was just 'wow'. I couldn't keep up, but we had a good little battle on the restart.”
Source: Autosport