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Grand Prix results: Verstappen wins F1 sprint for British GP pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the first-ever Formula 1 sprint event to take pole position for the British Grand Prix, the tenth race of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 18, 2021, 8:26 AM
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With its starting lineup set by qualifying on Friday evening, the 100km sprint decides the grid order for Sunday’s British GP.
Verstappen outdragged Hamilton away from the startline and repelled two attacks from his title rival on the opening lap. Verstappen’s victory officially gives him the British GP pole position accolade.
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2021 British Grand Prix sprint results
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Interval 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 17 - 2
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 17 1.430 1.430 3
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 17 7.502 6.072 4
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 17 11.278 3.776 5
Lando Norris McLaren 17 24.111 12.833 6
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 17 30.959 6.848 7
Fernando Alonso Alpine 17 43.527 12.568 8
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 17 44.439 0.912 9
George Russell Williams 17 46.652 2.213 10
Esteban Ocon Alpine 17 47.395 0.743 11
Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 17 47.798 0.403 12
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 17 48.763 0.965 13
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 17 50.677 1.914 14
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 17 52.179 1.502 15
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 17 53.225 1.046 16
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 17 53.567 0.342 17
Nicholas Latifi Williams 17 55.162 1.595 18
Mick Schumacher Haas 17 1'08.213 13.051 19
Nikita Mazepin Haas 17 1'17.648 9.435 20
Sergio Perez Red Bull 16 View full results
How the British Grand Prix sprint unfolded
Although his brakes caught fire on the grid, Verstappen beat pole sitter Hamilton on the run to Turn 1. Hamilton twice got alongside the Red Bull into Brooklands and Copse on the opening lap, but Verstappen held him off both times.
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From third on the grid Valtteri Bottas started his Mercedes on soft tyres, unlike the majority on mediums, along with the Alpines of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon and Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen. Alonso used the extra grip to leap from 11th to fifth, after a stunning sequence of opening corners, to run behind Bottas and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez lost track position to both McLarens but re-passed Daniel Ricciardo on the opening lap. Further back, George Russell (Williams) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) touched at Brooklands, sending Sainz back to 18th – while Nikita Mazepin hit his Haas teammate Mick Schumacher and spun.
Verstappen pulled out of Hamilton's DRS range out front, but his teammate Perez spun off at Becketts on Lap 5, dropping to 19th.
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Norris passed Alonso for fifth on Lap 6 at Village, while Ricciardo did likewise at The Loop four tours later.
Verstappen cruised to victory over Hamilton by 1.4s, with Bottas a distant third ahead of Leclerc, Norris and Ricciardo. Alonso fell back into the clutches of Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, but the German couldn’t find a way past. Russell and Ocon rounded out the top 10.
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Sainz recovered to finish 11th, while Perez retired his car from 18th place at the start of the final lap.
After the race, Russell was given a three-place grid penalty for his clash with Sainz, and will start 12.
2021 Formula 1 British Grand Prix sprint fastest laps
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton 17 1'29.937 235.805 2
Valtteri Bottas 17 1'29.958 0.021 0.021 235.750 3
Max Verstappen 14 1'30.013 0.076 0.055 235.605 4
Charles Leclerc 16 1'30.163 0.226 0.150 235.214 5
Lando Norris 16 1'30.566 0.629 0.403 234.167 6
Daniel Ricciardo 17 1'30.640 0.703 0.074 233.976 7
Sergio Perez 6 1'31.465 1.528 0.825 231.865 8
Sebastian Vettel 17 1'31.687 1.750 0.222 231.304 9
Fernando Alonso 17 1'31.773 1.836 0.086 231.087 10
Carlos Sainz Jr. 10 1'31.991 2.054 0.218 230.539 11
Pierre Gasly 17 1'32.072 2.135 0.081 230.337 12
Kimi Raikkonen 12 1'32.139 2.202 0.067 230.169 13
Nicholas Latifi 17 1'32.143 2.206 0.004 230.159 14
Esteban Ocon 16 1'32.183 2.246 0.040 230.059 15
George Russell 17 1'32.208 2.271 0.025 229.997 16
Lance Stroll 12 1'32.210 2.273 0.002 229.992 17
Yuki Tsunoda 14 1'32.270 2.333 0.060 229.842 18
Antonio Giovinazzi 14 1'32.457 2.520 0.187 229.377 19
Mick Schumacher 15 1'32.567 2.630 0.110 229.105 20
Nikita Mazepin 3 1'33.462 3.525 0.895 226.911 View full results
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