Hamilton has won at Silverstone a whopping eight times, the joint most at a single circuit, and Mercedes have made a timely return to the front to increase his chances of earning that record outright.
Team-mate George Russell took victory in Austria last time out after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris finally learned - after teasing a clash over multiple laps - that driving into each other can have race-destroying consequences.
Hamilton reveals new collaboration
Perhaps the pair should have heeded Hamilton's latest 'watch out' advice to avoid a collision; each near miss felt like it accelerated the countdown on a bomb's timer before the lap 64 explosion.
The incident in Austria gave Hamilton a two place boost, and P4 marked his third top-four finish in a row.
Could it now be time for the seven-time champion to end his long drought without a race victory, a barren spell which stretches back to the penultimate race of 2021?
Hamilton and Mercedes have formed a prolific partnership, unmatched in terms of title-winning returns. However, the Brit is looking to go out with at least one more win before joining Ferrari in 2025.
One partnership Hamilton is maintaining, for now, is with IWC Schaffhausen, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer.
The 39-year-old has once more teamed up with the company, as he teased in his latest Instagram post.
The collection referenced in his latest post appears to be the IWC Chronograph, described as 'the reference' for the type of watch which is used as a stopwatch combined with a display watch.