Ferrari’s Spanish driver Carlos Sainz took his first F1 win by taking first place at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday in a thrilling race that featured a grueling start, a start stop and an epic finish.
Science led the race ahead of Red Bull Mexican Sergio Pérez, while seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finished third with Mercedes.
Reigning Dutch world champion Max Verstein finished the race in seventh place but retained his lead in the World Championship standings.
“I don’t know what to say, it’s fantastic. The first victory in 150 races with Ferrari and at Silverstone is a special day,” said Sinus after the victory.
Behind the science was the final epic battle between Pires, Hamilton and another Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc of Monaco.
This is the eleventh consecutive race that Hamilton did not win and the longest losing streak for the seven-time world champion.
“I was at the epicenter of the fight, but the adjustment we’ve made here has brought us closer to them,” Hamilton said as he greeted the 130,000 fans in the stands.
And the tenth round of the World Championship began with the raising of the red flag after a terrible accident involving many riders at the start of the race.
While Verstein jumped to the top at the expense of Pires, who started first in the first corner, there was a “massacre” of cars behind them with Chinese Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guangyu’s car tipping over to leave the track.
The event was attended by British Mercedes driver George Russell, French Alpine driver Esteban Ocon, Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Toure) and British Williams driver Alex Albon.
Joe was safely pulled out of the car and taken by ambulance to the medical center. Medical reports stated that Joe and Albon were not seriously injured.
However, due to an accident, the race was delayed by an hour.
hit and run
At the start of the race, Verstappen managed to take the lead on soft tyres, with a weak start from the Ferrari pair, with Hamilton overtaking Leclerc in third place.
But the race was quickly stopped by a red flag after a serious crash on turn one when Guagno’s car flipped over when Russell and Frenchman Pierre Gasly made contact, causing Russell’s car to turn slightly and race towards Joe, causing his car to roll over to of how he flew into the air and fell behind the barrier of Sheena.
Albon was also the victim of a crash, as German Sebastian Vettel hit him from behind, and the front suspension of Frenchman Esteban Ocon’s car broke after being hit by Albon’s skidding car.
The cars were rearranged to what they were at the beginning of the launch.
Verstappen managed to snatch the lead on lap ten before his speed slowed and the two Ferraris took back the lead.
The Dutchman pulled into the pit lane and found he had a flat tire, so he changed it to “Average” and finished in sixth place.
But the world champion’s car wasn’t running well and it looked like the rear end was damaged, but he kept on racing because the chassis wasn’t damaged.
Meanwhile, Hamilton began to set the fastest laps and approach the Ferrari duo, with Leclerc stuck behind his teammate Sainz.
We give Hamilton the opportunity to jump to the top in the middle of the race.
Sens allowed Leclerc to overtake him on lap thirty-one and began to gradually close the gap with the Brit, who stopped at the end of lap 33 and his stop was slow as he returned for Saen and Leclerc to start fighting.
But the situation changed with the entry of the safety car after Okon’s car stopped on the track.
The race resumed with ten laps to go. With Science in the lead, a bitter battle broke out between Hamilton and Pires.
With DRS cleared with 8 laps to go, he quickly overtook Pires Leclerc, but they went off the track and Hamilton ran ahead of them.
And the race management announced an investigation into the incident of Pires exiting the track and gaining an advantage over Leclerc.
But Pires ran ahead of Leclerc, which was prevented by the DRS system, and after that the Ferrari pilot entered the fray with Hamilton.
After a fierce struggle, Hamilton managed to settle for third place, while Leclerc had to stop Alonso and Lando Norris behind him.
Below is the layout of the Formula One World Championship after the British Grand Prix, the tenth round of this season, which took place at Silverstone.
Driver Rating:
1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) 181 points
2. Sergio Perez (Mexico) 147
3. Charles Leclerc (Monaco) 138
4. Carlos Science (Spain) 127
5. George Russell (Great Britain) 111
6. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) 93
7. Lando Norris (Great Britain) 58
8. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 46
9. Esteban Ocon (France) 39
10. Fernando Alonso (Spain) 28
11. Pierre Gasly (France) 16
12. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) 16
13. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) 15
14. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 15
15. Yuki Tsunoda (Japan) 11
16. Zhou Guanyu (China)
17. Mick Schumacher (Germany)
18. Alexander Albon (Thailand)
19. Lance Stroll (Canada)
Manufacturers order:
1. Red Bull 328 points
2. Ferrari 265
3. Mercedes 204
4. McLaren 73
5. Alpine 67
6. Alfa Romeo 51
7. Alpha Taurus 27
8. Haas 20
9. Aston Martin 18
10. Williams 3
