F1 British GP: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris to victory as Lewis Hamilton completes podium
Norꦺris sent a packed 160,000 home crowd into r𓂃aptures when he snatched the lead from a slow-starting Verstappen into Turn 1, but the Red Bull driver reclaimed the position back five laps later.
A Safety Car following a fiery engine failure for Kevin Magnussen’s Haas on Lap 33 saw Verstappen’s lead evaporate, but the Dutchman held on to claim a sixth consecutive victory and his se⛄venth win from꧙ 10 races this season.
Verstappen has now opened up a 99-point lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, who recovered to sixth after his latest disas🔜trous qualifying.
Norris robustly fended off Hamilton to claim second, despite the seven-time world champion having faster soft tyres, as t൲hey completed a popular British 2-3 on the po♈dium behind Verstappen.
Oscar Piastri was unfortunate to miss out on a first F1 po🔴dium after losing out to Hamilton under🧜 the Safety Car, but the McLaren driver was able to keep George Russell’s soft-shod Mercedes at bay for fourth.
Behind Perez, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was seventh, ahead of Alex Albon, who impressively beat the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to ꩵclaim yet more points for Williams.
Des🌊pite warnings that Just Stop Oil were willing to put "bodies on the line" and disrupt the Silverstone race, there was no repeat 🐬of their 2022 protest when activists managed to get onto the track during the opening lap.
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