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F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins British GP
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix, the 11th round of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 9, 2023, 9:06 PM
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Despite losing the lead at the start to McLaren’s Lando Norris, Verstappen passed him after five laps and scored yet another victory – surprisingly his first with the British GP title – despite a safety car interruption.
Norris held second from a charging Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – who dropped as low as 10th on the opening lap – to make it two British drivers on the podium.
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2023 F1 British GP results
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval Points 1 Max Verstappen
52 - 26 2 Lando Norris
52 3.798 3.798 3.798 18 3 Lewis Hamilton
52 6.783 6.783 2.985 15 4 Oscar Piastri
52 7.776 7.776 0.993 12 5 George Russell
52 11.206 11.206 3.430 10 6 Sergio Perez
52 12.882 12.882 1.676 8 7 Fernando Alonso
52 17.193 17.193 4.311 6 8 Alex Albon
52 17.878 17.878 0.685 4 9 Charles Leclerc
52 18.689 18.689 0.811 2 10 Carlos Sainz
52 19.448 19.448 0.759 1 11 Logan Sargeant
52 23.632 23.632 4.184 12 Valtteri Bottas
52 25.830 25.830 2.198 13 Nico Hulkenberg
52 26.663 26.663 0.833 14 Lance Stroll
52 27.483 27.483 0.820 15 Zhou Guanyu
52 29.820 29.820 2.337 16 Yuki Tsunoda
52 31.225 31.225 1.405 17 Nyck de Vries
52 33.128 33.128 1.903 Pierre Gasly
46 Kevin Magnussen
31 Esteban Ocon
9 View full results
How the 2023 F1 British GP unfolded
Verstappen lost his pole position advantage on the run to Turn 1 as Norris swept past him after making a tremendous start. Verstappen held second, although Oscar Piastri (McLaren) challenged him hard into Copse Corner, ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), George Russell (Mercedes, who started on soft tyres in a pack of medium-shod cars) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). Hamilton (Mercedes) dropped to tenth after running wide at Village.
Verstappen passed Norris with DRS for the lead approaching Brooklands on lap five, as Russell attacked Leclerc for fourth and the recovering Hamilton hounded Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) for seventh. Hamilton passed him at Brooklands two laps later.
From 15th on the grid after his latest qualifying disaster, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez had to battle his way through the field, clipping Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas at The Loop as he did so. It took him until lap 17 to work his way into the top 10.
Leclerc was the first of the frontrunners to stop on lap 19, switching his mediums for hards after the threat of a rain shower passed by the track.
At half distance, Verstappen led Norris by 6s, with Piastri a further 2s back. Sainz pitted from fifth a lap later, rejoining 5s behind Leclerc.
Russell pitted from fourth on lap 29 but a slow stop meant he rejoined well behind Leclerc. But on his medium tyres, having started on softs, Russell quickly reeled in Leclerc and drove around the outside of him at Luffield on lap 31.
Kevin Magnussen’s Haas erupted in flames on the Wellington Straight, causing a virtual safety car. Leclerc pitted for mediums, losing spots to Sainz, Perez and Alex Albon’s Williams.
A full safety car was then called, with Verstappen and Hamilton going to softs, Hamilton jumping ahead of Piastri to third, but Norris went to hards.
The race restarted on lap 39 with Verstappen (used softs) leading Norris (fresh hards), Hamilton (used softs), Piastri (hards), Russell (mediums), Alonso (softs), Sainz (hards) and Perez (fresh softs).
Hamilton immediately went on the attack on Norris, who defended hard for the next two laps as Verstappen pulled well clear. Even with DRS enabled, Norris just managed to cling to his runner-up spot from Hamilton, as Piastri did likewise to hold off Russell in fourth.
Sainz lost three places to Perez, Albon and Leclerc with eight laps to go, after Perez lunged him offline into Vale. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Sainz fought mightily over the final point until Gasly suffered right-rear corner damage in a collision with Lance Stroll’s Aston.
Verstappen cruised to victory by over 3s, ahead of Norris, Hamilton, Piastri and Russell. Perez passed Alonso for sixth with five laps to go, with Alonso toiling to hold seventh from Albon, Leclerc and Sainz in the closing stages.
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2023 F1 British GP fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Lap Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 42 1'30.275 234.922 2
Lando Norris McLaren 43 1'30.543 0.268 0.268 234.226 3
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 43 1'30.545 0.270 0.002 234.221 4
Oscar Piastri McLaren 41 1'30.850 0.575 0.305 233.435 5
Sergio Perez Red Bull 51 1'30.914 0.639 0.064 233.271 6
George Russell Mercedes 41 1'31.124 0.849 0.210 232.733 7
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 48 1'31.255 0.980 0.131 232.399 8
Alex Albon Williams 41 1'31.273 0.998 0.018 232.353 9
Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 48 1'31.338 1.063 0.065 232.188 10
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 51 1'31.366 1.091 0.028 232.116 11
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 42 1'31.508 1.233 0.142 231.756 12
Pierre Gasly Alpine 42 1'31.539 1.264 0.031 231.678 13
Logan Sargeant Williams 42 1'31.699 1.424 0.160 231.274 14
Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 48 1'31.769 1.494 0.070 231.097 15
Nico Hulkenberg Haas 52 1'31.776 1.501 0.007 231.080 16
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 52 1'31.852 1.577 0.076 230.888 17
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 48 1'32.084 1.809 0.232 230.307 18
Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri 48 1'32.353 2.078 0.269 229.636 19
Kevin Magnussen Haas 29 1'33.356 3.081 1.003 227.169 20
Esteban Ocon Alpine 4 1'33.941 3.666 0.585 225.754 View full results
2023 F1 British GP pitstops
Cla Driver 1 2 3 4 1 Max Verstappen M 33 S 22 2
Lando Norris M 33 H 19 3
Lewis Hamilton M 33 S 22 4
Oscar Piastri M 29 H 23 5
George Russell S 31 M 24 6
Sergio Perez M 28 S 24 7
Fernando Alonso M 34 S 22 8
Alex Albon M 32 S 24 9
Charles Leclerc M 18 H 14 M 20 10
Carlos Sainz M 26 H 26 11
Logan Sargeant M 29 S 23 12
Valtteri Bottas H 32 S 20 13
Nico Hulkenberg H 7 M 25 S 20 14
Lance Stroll M 32 S 24 15
Zhou Guanyu M 24 H 9 S 3 S 19 16
Yuki Tsunoda S 14 H 18 S 20 17
Nyck de Vries S 27 M 5 S 20
Pierre Gasly M 31 S 18
Kevin Magnussen M 31
Esteban Ocon S 9 View full results
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