British GP measures Verstappen’s excellence and rivals hopes

As always this season, Verstappen added another victory to the last Austrian GP; this was the fifth of seven races he boasted after he had already run nine scoring races. In the meantime, the Emilia-Romagna GP could not be held due to the severe flooding that devastated the Italian region in mid-May.

But at the last stop of the Austrian lands, Verstappen shines after a busy weekend with endless penalties crossing track limitsIt arrived five hours after the end of the race, following the complaint of the Aston Martin team.

That didn’t stop ‘Mad Max’ from imposing the law and stubbornly continuing, with some more suspense and the occasional interesting duel. “I am very happy to read that all teams approached us for the Canadian race”, the Dutchman who boasted an 81-point advantage over teammate ‘Checo’ Pérez according to the classification, with a championship in his pocket. As such, the two-time champion’s sole goal seems to be how long he can sustain a hitherto unattainable edge.

The test will be crucial for him, who has never won at Silverstone – he only has two podiums – and is also a track where he has had historic battles with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). And it was in one of these duels in 2021 that he had one of his worst crashes. Thus Verstappen’s excellence will be measured in one of the few places where he is not so dominant.

While Red Bull’s victory is underestimated, those behind it are fraught with uncertainty. Aston Martin’s decline in Austria and doubts surrounding Mercedes and Ferrari make that impossible create a forecast for the podium, indeed in a race that could define if there are any contenders for ‘Mad Max’ dominance. If he wins, he will surpass the best consecutive win streak in Formula 1 (5 in 2022).

WITH alone ’33’ resists him. The optimism of Canada’s second place, less than 10 seconds behind Verstappen, suffered an unexpected setback for Spielberg, with an alarming drop in performance and pace. At Silverstone, where he has two wins (2006 and 2011) and six podiums, he will enjoy more developments, perhaps the last highlights of the course, as one last reason to believe an improvement that Asturian misses.

Ferrari also wants to be one step ahead in its struggle to get closer with Red Bull. in an order Carlos Sainz He earned his first pole position and his first victory in F1 last year.. The Madrid man hopes to regain those good vibes to be even higher and return them to the ‘Prancing Horse’ team, which signed their 800th podium in F1 at the hands of Monegasque Charles Leclerc.

Home to eco-friendly vehicles this weekend, Ferrari will bring improvements to Silverstone after gaining strength in the last two races. Sainz (82) and Leclerc (72) are fourth and fifth respectively at the World Cup, close to Hamilton (106) who is in the ‘top 4’ behind Alonso and 131 points. The British driver comes to his ‘garden’ as he is the local driver with the most podium finishes at Silverstone (12). And he could have surpassed Michael Schumacher (8 in France) as the highest paid driver on the same circuit.

McLaren with improvements such as aston martin, ferrari And mercedes –they are competing for the builders’ sub-championship– also can join the fight to settle into the upper-middle class and become the first team of ‘mortals’. They will all try to make Silverstone the most suitable place to make life difficult for Red Bull, who can never be comfortable on the British circuit.

Moreover, forecast gives almost 90% chance of rain for Saturday and SundayHe’s on a track where a front start can be decisive, as all the winners of the last eight GPs at Silverstone have started from the front row of the grid.