Verstappen, Norris and McLaren win at Silverstone

Sunday was much less fortunate for Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz. The Asturian worked hard to earn two positions (7th) in home testing for Aston Martin, which is undoubtedly a not-so-flavored prize. AND Ferrari squanders chance to stand out as Red Bull alternative once again. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz lost their options after the safety car in the decisive part of the race, and the Madrid man finished tenth ahead of his teammate.

Max Verstappen showed on Saturday that Breaking your Red Bull’s wing on awkward contact with the pit area wall “human”. And he also failed to start from pole position today. The Dutch driver got off to a bad start and had to correct his course, with Lando Norris losing his position first with McLaren as the Silverstone grandstands rumbled this weekend, garnering at least 480,000 fans.

piastria he was about to pass Max too and indeed the Australian rookie waited for the DRS zones to be activated, allowing him to attack the resisting World Cup leader. After five laps, the Red Bull man passed Norris like a ‘missile’ and began his solo driving, which has already become the norm this year.

Alonso started very well and won two places to finish seventh.Hamilton, who was very aggressive in a period with a record 8 wins, came off the track at the first corner and regressed to ninth place. However, the Briton quickly recovered and in just six laps, he outstripped Fernando with sheer speed, beating Sainz, who gave the only favorites on the soft-start tyres, Russell, a fifth-place finish at the start.

McLaren’s pressure on the leader

Leclerc opened the “farewell” in the pits by making a quick pit stop to protect himself from a possible “bottom kick” by Russell.. Monegasque chose to make a pit stop and returned to the track on hard tires in twelfth place. Norris chose to continue on the track like his teammate Piastri without spoiling. The two McLarens continued to press, blocking Verstappen’s escape after more than 5 seconds.This put his station in jeopardy.

Russell kept a spectacular pace on soft ground and continued to ‘fly’, complicating Leclerc’s strategy with traffic problems that had to be overcome once he stopped. The Brit managed to extend the life of his tires to 29 laps, but Mercedes’ slow stop put him off once again at the expense of Monegasque, who was surprised by a nice overtake.

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Magnussen’s Haas caught fire, causing a safety car on lap 34especially convenient for all pilots who have not stopped yet, especially Verstappen, norris, hamilton And alone. The seven-time champion with the softs was the big beneficiary, securing the podium position and options to attack Norris with the hards.

on his behalf Alonso won three places based on his place on the grid He was temporarily placed sixth behind Piastri and Russell. It was worse for the Ferraris, who had to take the decisive sections far behind, with Sainz seventh and Leclerc tenth with 14 laps left.

Verstappen pressed the accelerator to distract himself from the English pulse Norris and Hamilton faced, and Lando grimly endured Lewis’s towel-throwing attacks.

A contact with Stroll put Gasly out of the raceCompleted disaster for Alpine, who had retired Ocon’s car due to malfunction. Out of Q3 for the fifth consecutive week this weekend, Checo Pérez faced another race in comeback mode, which resulted in 9 position improvements to eventually pass Alonso, even though he failed to catch up with Russell. to search for the “top five”.

Verstappen took his eighth victory in ten races and extended his lead in the World Championship, but this time he crossed the finish line in less than 4 seconds. Lando Norris, who shined on a grand peak and managed to win the match against Lewis Hamiltonthird.

Alonso had to settle for seventh place and Carlos Sainz dropped to 10th place behind Leclerc. Another weekend to forget Ferrari.