F1 British Grand Prix LIVE RESULTS: Max Verstappen races to Silverstone win while Lewis Hamilton secures P3 – latest
MAX VERSTAPPEN has won the British Grand Prix with ease - but Lewis Hamilton secured a podium position too.
The British superstar managed to climb from seventh to third by the finish line.
But Verstappen will take all the plaudits once again as he continues Red Bull's dominance at the top of the F1 leaderboards.
- RESULT: Verstappen (P1) Norris (P2) Hamilton (P3)
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Max shows no sign of letting up
Red Bull's Max Verstappen sealed another victory at Silverstone as the Dutch driver continues his dominance this season.
He suffered the rare moment of actually being in second place after Lando Norris' superb start to the race.
Verstappen showed his class over the course of the 52 laps as he sealed his place on the top of the podium once again.
Credit: AFP British Grand Prix official points
Here is the full top ten from the race at Silverstone:
Credit: @F1 Dutchman leads way in driver standings
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 255 points
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 156 points
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 137 points
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 121 points
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 88 points
- George Russell (Mercedes) 82 points
British double on the podium
Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton make sure that Britain is represented on the podium at Silverstone.
The familiar face of Max Verstappen is there once again.
Norris proved a popular driver with his second placed finish with fans and fellow drivers.
Credit: @F1 Constructor has record equalling day
Red Bull's victory today made it a record-equalling eleventh win in a row.
They equal the record set by McLaren set in the 1988 season.
There just seems to no stopping Max Verstappen at the moment.
Norris gets just desserts
Lando Norris won the vote for driver of the day.
After an impressive qualifying, the British driver really took it into the race today.
Credit: @F1 McLaren celebrate second place finish
What a day it has been for McLaren.
Lando Norris drove a brilliant race and to work so hard towards the end to hold off Lewis Hamilton.
The cars got so close as the Mercedes looked to take second place.
Credit: @F1 British Grand Prix results
Max Verstappen wins the British Grand Prix for the first time.
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
Max Verstappen wins the British Grand Prix
Lap 51/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Norris receives a black and white chequered flag for track limits.
He needs to be careful until the end of the race as a five second penalty would put him behind Hamilton and Piastri.
Verstappen's lead on Norris is now 3.4 seconds.
Lap 49/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Hamilton is struggling with grip on his tyres.
It seems the soft compound has its drawbacks when they are very hot.
his team tell him if you cool them down the grip will return.
Verstappen still leads the way at the front.
Credit: Reuters Lap 47/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
It seems the right choice of tyre was the hard compound.
Lando Norris is certainly working well with it.
The gap between him and Hamilton is up to 1.7 seconds.
Lap 45/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
There is no time to rest for Norris as Hamilton is right on his tail.
The main aim for the McLaren driver now is to hold him off until the chequered flag.
We could be seeing two British drivers on the podium as it stands.
Lap 43/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Verstappen has a 2.635 second lead over Norris in second.
Hamilton is just 0.639 seconds behind Norris.
DRS has been enabled after the safety car going back in.
Lap 41/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
The safety car has gone back in.
We have a titanic battle between Norris and Hamilton.
The former world champion tries to take the McLaren several times on the corners.
Lando Norris manages to hold him off.
Lap 39/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
It is the Mercedes cars that now box in Piastri.
Hamilton is in third place and Russell in fifth.
Lando Norris still sits in second place.
Credit: Reuters Lap 37/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Magnussen is only the second person to retire from today's race.
The safety car is still out as they look to remove his car from the track.
This is going to leave us with a real race to the finish once it goes back in.
Lap 35/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
There is a safety car out as they look to clear the car of Magnussen from the track.
Drivers are taking advantage of this to pit.
Soft tyres seem to be the choice of most drivers now.
Lewis Hamilton is up to third place now.
Lap 33/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Some great driving from George Russell as he takes Charles Leclerc on the corner.
His medium compound tyres giving him far more grip than the hard tyres of the Ferrari.
Oscar Piastri is in fifth place after his pit stop.
Lap 31/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Oscar Piastri heads into the pits.
Mercedes made a huge mistake with a slow pit stop for Russell preventing him from coming out ahead of Leclerc.
Lewis Hamilton currently sits in third place.
Lap 29/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
McLaren must be over the moon with how Norris and Piastri are driving.
They have taken their form from qualifying into the race.
Verstappen is, as ever, having his own race again but did anyone expect any different, probably not.
Lap 27/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Verstappen now has a 6.9 second lead over Norris.
No doubt he will want to build enough of a lead that he can pit and still come out in first place.
Only four cars have pitted so far in the race.
Credit: AFP Lap 25/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
A lot of drivers seem to be trying to have a one stop race.
McLaren are asking Lando Norris how his tyres are holding up.
The hard tyre doesnt seem to firing up well today as Charles Leclerc is back in twelfth place after pitting.
Lap 23/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Max Verstappen his leading the way with a 5.2 second gap to second placed Lando Norris.
Oscar Piastri has managed to get himself a 5.1 second lead over fourth placed George Russell.
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton is trying to catch Carlos Sainz.
Lap 21/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Verstappen asks on the radio if they are continuing with the intended strategy as he sees a Ferrari pitting.
He must have seen that on one of the fan screens driving around the track.
Russell still has not pitted and is one of the only drivers out there on soft tyres.