THE British Grand Prix is underway RIGHT NOW and Max Verstappen is racing ahead once again.
The Dutchman increased his mammoth lead at the top of the F1 driver standings after winning the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend.
British favourite Lewis Hamilton is aiming to end his 18-month winless streak on home soil but will start seventh on the grid.
- Start time: 3pm BST
- TV channel: Channel 4/ Sky Sports F1
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- Grid: 1 Verstappen, 2 Norris, 3 Piastri, 4 Leclerc, 5 Sainz, 6 Russell, 7 Hamilton, 8 Albon, 9 Alonso, 10 Gasly, 11 Hulkenberg, 12 Stroll, 13 Ocon, 14 Sargeant, 15 Bottas, 16 Perez, 17 Tsunoda, 18 Guanyu, 19 De Vries, 20 Magnussen
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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.
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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.
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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.
Lap 19/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Leclerc is given the ‘box, box’ order by his team.
Ferrari may be trying the two stop strategy for this race.
Hamilton is complaining about problems with his battery charging.
Lap 17/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
There is a real battle between the Mercedes and Ferraris out there.
Sainz is trying to catch Russell, while the Mercedes driver is trying to get passed Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen now has a 3.7 second lead over Norris.
Credit: Reuters Lap 15/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Verstappen has now built a lead of 2.8 seconds.
For a brief moment, part of you believed Norris could pull off the impossible, not so much now.
Russell is starting putting pressure on Charles Leclerc in fourth.
Lap 13/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
The potential of rain is somewhat of an issue for Russell on the soft tyres.
He would not want to pit and change onto new tyres only to have to come in again to go onto intermediates due to rain.
Sergio Perez is moving up the field, currently in 11th place after starting 15th on the grid.
Lap 11/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Esteban Ocon has retired from the race.
Some rain is forecast to be joining us soon.
Verstappen looks comfortable in his lead but the weather could change all of that.
Lap 9/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
On the team radio, McLaren tell Norris that Piastri is going to hold his position to protect them from the drivers behind.
Russell started on the soft tyres, which are only predicted to last 10 laps, so could come in to pit soon.
With Norris more than one second behind Verstappen, he has lost that DRS advantage now.
Lap 7/52 – Verstappen leads, Norris second
Norris is unable to resist the Red Bull as he ghosts past the McLaren.
The defending world champion immediately builds up a 0.912 second lead over Lando Norris.
Meanwhile, Hamilton uses DRS well to overtake Alonso and move into 7th place.
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Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
