Qualifying for the 2024 British Grand Prix was gained by George Russell on a drying observe. Lewis Hamilton stood subsequent to him within the first row. The second row belonged to Norris and Verstappen, who left qualifying with a broken flooring. Piastri and Hülkenberg have been within the third row, Sainz and Stroll within the fourth, Albon and Alonso within the fifth.
Leclerc didn’t make it to Q3 and began from eleventh place. Sergio Pérez completed the primary half within the gravel and began from nineteenth place.
Race
Pierre Gasly began from the again of the sphere as he fitted new energy unit elements. Nonetheless, he didn’t benefit from the race very a lot, he went into the pits proper at first and retired.
Instantly after the beginning, the order on the entrance didn’t change, nevertheless it did within the subsequent corners. Norris went barely off the observe and fell behind Verstappen. Hülkenberg additionally misplaced positions. Behind the sphere there have been contacts which broken Albon’s automobile.
Within the second lap, Russell was within the lead forward of Hamilton, Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Sainz, Stroll, Leclerc, Hülkenberg, and Alonso rounded out the highest ten.
It wasn’t till the 14th lap that Charles Leclerc discovered a recipe for Stroll and obtained forward of him. A lap later, Norris took again third place when he overtook Verstappen. Two laps later, Oscar Piastri additionally overtook the championship chief.
It began to rain on the observe, which introduced chaos to the entrance. Hamilton took the lead on lap 18. On lap 19, each Mercedes drivers went off the observe, which Norris quickly took benefit of to get forward of Russell after which Hamilton to take the lead. Piastri additionally went up, combating his approach to second place. McLaren had a double at that time, however there have been nonetheless many laps to go.
Leclerc and Pérez have been amongst a handful of drivers who took a threat and went to the mechanics for tires within the transitional situations. On the observe at that second there have been certainly “transitional situations”, however quite in favor of dry tires. The chance did not work out as a result of the heavier rain got here later. Each of them got here into contact with the tip, however otherwise than they most likely imagined – the tip overtook them by a lap.
On lap 27/52, the riders from the tip drove into the pits for tires in transitional situations. Piastri stayed on the observe and suffered badly. After his cease, he returned to Sainz and misplaced over 18 seconds to Norris.
Norris was within the lead forward of Hamilton, Verstappen, Russell and Sainz. However on the thirty fourth lap, Russell went to the mechanics and withdrew from the race. Mercedes suspected an issue with the gasoline system.
Within the thirty eighth spherical, the slicks got here again into play. Norris constructed later and likewise barely overran the pit cease. Lewis Hamilton took the lead.
Norris and Hamilton placed on the comfortable tires, Verstappen on the exhausting, which turned out to be the higher alternative.
Hamilton was within the lead forward of Norris, Verstappen, Piastri and Sainz. The primary three riders steadily obtained inside 4 seconds. On lap 47, Verstappen overtook Norris and was inside DRS vary. A lap later he obtained forward of him in second place.
Verstappen was steadily closing in on Hamilton, however by the top of the race he was unable to get inside DRS vary.
Lewis Hamilton drove to victory in a Components 1 race after 943 days and likewise claimed a document ninth win at Silverstone.
Verstappen completed second forward of Norris. Carlos Sainz constructed on the finish and set the quickest lap of the race on the brand new tires. McLaren nonetheless got here inside attain of the second-placed Ferrari within the Constructors’ Cup.
An ideal end result was recorded by Hülkenberg, who completed sixth. Each Aston Martin drivers, Cunoda and Albon, additionally scored factors.
The outcomes
P. Driver Workforce Time / misplaced Laps Factors 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes – 52 25 2 Max Verstappen Crimson Bull 1.465 52 18 3 Lando Norris McLaren 7.547 52 15 4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 12.429 52 12 5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 47.318 52 10+1 6 Nico Hülkenberg Haas 55.722 52 8 7 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 56.569 52 6 8 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:03.577 52 4 9 Alexander Albon Williams 1:08.387 52 2 10 Júki Cunoda RB 1:19.303 52 1 11 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:28.960 52 12 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:30.153 52 13 Daniel Ricciardo RB 1 lap 51 14 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1 lap 51 15 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber 1 lap 51 16 Esteban Ocon Alpine 2 laps 50 17 Sergio Pérez Crimson Bull 2 laps 50 18 Kuan-yu Chou Kick Sauber 2 laps 50 – George Russell Mercedes – 33 – Pierre Gasly Alpine – 0
- Quickest lap of the race: Carlos Sainz
- Driver of the day: Lewis Hamilton
Progress
Aim: Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix!
52/52: Hamilton goes for the win. The lead is 2.5 seconds.
51/52: 2.7s hole, Hamilton heading for victory. Sainz within the pits, most likely making an attempt for the quickest lap.
49/52: Verstappen 1:29.5, Hamilton 1:29.6
48/52: Verstappen goes second! 3.3s behind Hamilton.
47/52: Verstappen inside attain of DRS! Hamilton takes benefit of this and builds a lead of three seconds.
45/52: Verstappen is now nearer to Norris than Norris is to Hamilton.
44/52: Spacing is getting smaller. Norris 2.2 with in entrance and behind.
44/52: Three riders from three groups in 4.5 seconds with out SC.
42/52: 2.6 seconds forward of Norris and behind Norris.
41/52:
40/52: The distinction is 2.5 s.
40/52: It wasn’t a great cease, Hamilton takes the lead! Norris placed on the comfortable.
39/52: Norris heads to the pits on the finish of the thirty ninth lap.
39/52: Hamilton, Verstappen within the pits. Additionally Piastri. Hamilton: comfortable, Verstappen exhausting, Piastri medium.
38/52: Magnussen, Ricciardo, Bottas within the pits, placing on slicks
37/52: Hamilton is a bit nearer once more… 1.8s
35/52: Hamilton is now pulling Norris, it is 2.8s.
34/52: In line with Mercedes, an issue with the water system. Or suspicion for the issue to be exact.
34/52: Russell within the pits nevertheless it’s not for the tyres. Brit ends…
31/52: Verstappen complains about relegation. Russell is now 1.7s behind him.
29/52: Norris now 3.2s forward of Hamilton, who’s 4.7s forward of Verstappen.
29/52: Piastri falls behind Sainz, 18.5 seconds behind Norris.
28/52: Norris, Hamilton, Verstappen, Russell, Sainz.
27/52: Norris within the pits, Mercedes within the pits, Piastri stays on observe and takes the lead.
27/52: And it is raining…
27/52: Verstappen, Sainz within the pits. Each placed on transients.
26/52: And Piastri is near Norris.
26/52: Sainz overtook Verstappen, however the DRS is off once more… And Sainz additionally makes a small mistake.
25/52: Rain ought to return in half-hour. Perez will get the spherical. Quickly Leclerc can even get it, who can be struggling on the transitions.
24/52: the race directorate once more allowed DRS.
22/52:
20/52: Piastri second! Leclerc, Pérez within the pits for transients.
20/52: Piastri goes forward of Russell.
20/52: Norris has taken the lead!
19/52: Each Mercedes drivers off observe, Norris goes forward of Russell. Verstappen additionally made a mistake and misplaced 3.5 seconds to Piastri.
18/52: Hamilton takes the lead!
18/52: Hamilton overtook Russell.
17/52: Piastri forward of Verstappen!
16/52: Norris now 3 seconds behind the Mercedes. Piastri is now behind Verstappen.
15/52: It is beginning to rain… however no drama but.
15/52: Norris forward of Verstappen!
14/52: Norris is behind Verstappen in DRS once more.
14/52: Leclerc forward of Stroll.
13/52: Mercedes and McLaren have an obstacle. They’ve riders behind them so not very best for a double cease. In the meantime, Chou was first within the pits.
12/52:
10/52: After a brief bathe, it ought to come somewhat stronger 10 minutes later.
9/52: Pérez chasing Magnussen. The battle for fifteenth place.
8/52: Rain in 10 minutes, however the forecast retains altering…
7/52: Leclerc tries to overhaul Stroll, who’s driving seventh. And Checo? He overtakes Ocon and is 17.
4/52: There must be a brief bathe shortly… Gasly has formally retired.
3/52: The Sargeant studies that Albon has misplaced a part of his bodywork.
3/52: Norris is holding on to Verstappen greater than he can maintain on to Hamilton.
3/52: Hulk investigated for going off observe and probably gaining a bonus.
2/52:
1/52: However shortly after the beginning, Verstappen will get forward of Norris. Hülkenberg dropped three locations.
Begin: No change within the first 5 locations.
16:04: Gasly heads to the pits, studies issues.
16:00: The riders go for the warm-up lap.
15:59: Tires for the beginning: Chou and Ocon on comfortable, Pérez on exhausting and the others on medium.
15:50: Beginning grid
Mr. Jezdec Workforce Observe. 1 George Russell Mercedes 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 3 Lando Norris McLaren 4 Max Verstappen Crimson Bull 5 Oscar Piastri McLaren 6 Nico Hülkenberg Haas 7 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 8 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 9 Alexander Albon Williams 10 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 12 Logan Sargeant Williams 13 Júki Cunoda RB 14 Kuan-yu Chou Kick Sauber 15 Daniel Ricciardo RB 16 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber 17 Kevin Magnussen Haas 18 Esteban Ocon Alpine 19 Pierre Gasly Alpine pen. PJ field Sergio Pérez Crimson Bull
15:48: And as in earlier weekends, We are going to rock you by Queen. At present, nevertheless, it has a barely completely different dimension, as a result of a member of the group and likewise a superb astrophysicist, Brian Might, is on the circuit.
15:47: The British nationwide anthem was performed
15:41: If dry, one pit cease is anticipated.
15:40: At the moment it appears to be like like a begin on dry tires. The air is 16 °C, the observe 35 °C.
15:37: Piastri and Russell have an opportunity to get forward of Pérez within the championship as we speak. Hülkenberg, who’s sixth, drove a terrific qualification. The staff loses 11 factors to RB as we speak.
15:34: Identical to final yr, we’ve got within the paddock this yr as properly „hidden“ eleventh staff. A film is being made with Brad Pitt referred to as “F1”. It’ll premiere in a yr, right here is the primary trailer.
15:32: Sergio Pérez crashed out in Q1 yesterday after spinning and ending up within the gravel. Crimson Bull fitted him with new PJ elements and the Mexican will begin from the pits.
15:30: “There isn’t a standing water, however the observe could be very slippery. Fairly unusual,” says Russell.
15:27: Hamilton will begin from second place as we speak, so he may have maybe the most effective likelihood in a very long time to finish his wait for an additional victory. However there are extra riders within the combine. George Russell begins from pole place, Lando Norris from third place and we should additionally rely on Verstappen, who begins from fourth place. Yesterday he broken the ground in qualifying, so in the long run it was “solely” sufficient for fourth place. By the way, Verstappen gained from fourth place right here in 2020. At the moment, it was the “covid” second race at Silverstone on the event of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of F1.
15:25: We’ve a number of Silverstone race winners on the grid as we speak. Hamilton gained right here eight instances, Alonso and Verstappen twice, Sainz as soon as.
15:22: “The observe is drier than I assumed,” says Charles Leclerc on a scouting lap. It isn’t raining for the time being.
15:20: Max Verstappen was impatient. He was ready on the finish of the pit lane. Now the inexperienced mild is on and the riders are heading to the beginning grid. On transition tires. The solar shines into it…
15:16: It is a mild drizzle to this point, however extra intense rain is coming based on some forecasts. We’ll see…
15:15: An important query of the day… and never simply because it is within the UK. What’s the climate? The climate is such that it began raining simply now.
15:10: Welcome to the web protection of the 2024 British Grand Prix.
