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Qualifying went well for the hosts, with Briton George Russell winning qualifying for Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with fellow countryman and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton coming in second. Defending champion and overall leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull struggled with his car and was only fourth.
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The Dutchman knew he had to use the start to prevent the Mercedes duo from pulling away. He swallowed Lando Norris, the vice-leader of the general classification, in the first few meters. Those who found themselves further back in the field, including the two Ferrari drivers, might keep their fingers crossed that the forecasts of rain would come true and change the reality of the race.
Formula 1 British Grand Prix
The first drops fell on the track before the halfway point of the race, but the Italian team’s strategists failed once once more and changed Charles Leclerc’s tires too early. The mass pit stops began only a few laps later – following lap 26. Here, the Mercedes mechanics showed off by making a double pit stop. McLaren did not decide to do such a move, which meant that they sacrificed Oscar Piastri’s result.
With a dozen or so laps to go, the weather conditions improved enough for the tyre changes to start once more. Lewis Hamilton came out on top in this chess. He defended the team’s honour, as Russell had to withdraw from the race due to a car fault, but he defended himself once morest another Briton – Lando Norris. Verstappen was still in third place. With three laps to go, he overtook the McLaren driver and began chasing Hamilton, hoping for a repeat of the championship race from 2021, when he won once morest the 39-year-old following a thrilling battle in the final metres.
A few more laps and Hamilton would have been caught, but the race was inexorably over, with the Briton extending his Silverstone win record by winning for the ninth time.
F1 race winners (* – drivers still competing):
1. Lewis Hamilton (UK)* 104
2. Michael Schumacher (Germany) 91
3. Max Verstappen (Holandia)* 61
4. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 53
5. Alain Prost (France) 51
6. Ayrton Senna (Brazil) 41
7. Fernando Alonso (Spain)* 32
8. Nigel Mansell (UK) 31
9. Jackie Stewart (UK) 27
10. Jim Clark (Great Britain) 25 . Niki Lauda (Austria) 25
… Robert Kubica 1
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Source: Onet Sports Review
Date created: July 7, 2024 17:55
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