Oscar Piastre starts second at Silverstone and aims for victory...
Oscar Piastre: "In such weather, I’m in shorts – I must admit, I’ve made even better decisions in my life! (laughs) It would be nice to win the British Grand Prix, although, of course, I try to win every race, and since yesterday went well, let's hope it will be the same today, especially since we start from a good position.
Silverstone is such a circuit where you always want to achieve success, and I hope the rain stops because otherwise the track conditions will be very challenging. But obviously, the start will be on a wet track.
We'll see what happens, but I think at some stage in everyone's career, we've all raced at Silverstone in the rain, so this experience is shared by all."

On Saturday, Oliver Berman achieved his best career qualifying result but was penalized, and today he will try to make up for it...
Oliver Berman: "This is my first British Grand Prix, in which I am participating as a Formula 1 driver, and I wish the weather were better. However, it's a typical British Sunday, and I am overwhelmed with emotions. The fans here are fantastic, and I simply hope for a good and exciting race.
Anyway, I'm even glad it's raining because, due to the penalty I received yesterday, I start from 18th position, but I believe that in such weather we have a chance to reach the top ten. I hope I can make a few good overtakes today!"

Before the start, Lando Norris gave an interview in front of a packed grandstand named after him...
Lando Norris: "The weather is terrible, so I feel a bit sorry for the fans, but it's incredibly great to see full grandstands. The sun will definitely come out, and I'm excited for the race. We've put a lot of effort into preparing for the British Grand Prix, and I'm grateful to everyone who came to cheer me on despite the typically English weather.
Let's see how everything turns out; I'm fully motivated, and we plan to put on a great show for the fans. I intend to overtake a few cars, and with such weather, the chances to move forward are definitely there. The race promises to be fun, and I'll try to fight for the win to bring joy to the fans!
But I also want to enjoy it, including from good overtakes. Let's just say: I deliberately showed the third result in qualifying to entertain the audience with overtakes!"

UK GP: Norris - Piastri - Hulkenberg
Cloudy. Occasionally raining. Air 18°C, track 26…23°C
The Silverstone round was the twelfth in the calendar and marked the end of the first half of the season. The balance of power had long become clear, yet almost every race held surprises. Teams improved their cars, circuits, conditions, and weather varied. The last season before the regulation change turned out to be interesting and unpredictable. Before the start at Silverstone, hardly anyone could confidently name the winner.
In the four sessions held before the race, four drivers led—Hamilton and Norris on Friday, Leclerc on Saturday morning, while Verstappen took pole position.
Verstappen and Piastri started from the front row, Norris and Russell from the second, Hamilton and Leclerc from the third.
Two drivers lost positions on the starting grid due to penalties.

Lando Norris: Everything I've dreamed of has come true!
Lando Norris and his fans' dream came true: he added a victory at the British Grand Prix to his list of achievements...
Lando Norris (1st): "This is wonderful! Everything I've dreamed of has come true! In terms of feelings and pride, this achievement can only be compared to winning a championship.
My career started at Silverstone, and now I’ve managed to shine here too. The race was incredible, as always very tense, and thanks to all the fans – their support really helped me today!
Right now, I just feel empty inside. Everything I could think of before the start, I’ve already forgotten during the race. The main thing was not to miss out on the victory, that’s rule number one.
In the last laps, I was already looking at the crowd in the stands. I was just trying to remember all this, enjoy the moment because it may never happen again.

During the race at Silverstone, two drivers received 10-second penalties from the stewards – Yuki Tsunoda was deemed responsible for the collision with Oliver Berman, and Oscar Piastre violated safety car rules by braking too sharply before the restart.
The rules require that in such a situation, "the car must move at a speed that does not involve abrupt braking or other maneuvers that could endanger other drivers from the moment the safety car lights go out."
In addition to the 10-second penalties, both drivers received penalty points – Oscar received two (now he has 6 points over 12 months), and Yuki received one (he now has 5 points over 12 months).

Nico Hülkenberg: I don't quite understand how this happened.
Nico Hülkenberg finished third at Silverstone and stood on the podium for the first time in his career. The German driver needed 239 Grand Prix to achieve this. For Sauber, the podium was their first since the Japanese Grand Prix of 2012.
Gabriele Bortolotti failed to finish, crashing his car on the third lap. Thanks to Hülkenberg's result, Sauber moved up to sixth place in the Constructors' Championship.
Nico Hülkenberg (3rd): "Feeling great. It’s been a long journey, agree? But I always knew I’d make it.
What a race! I started basically at the back, and it all feels pretty surreal. I don’t quite understand how it happened, but obviously, the crazy weather conditions played their part. Most of the race became a battle for survival.

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Andrea Stella: We are satisfied and have something to celebrate.
Andrea Stella commented on McLaren's another winning double, especially valuable because it all took place at Silverstone, the home race for Lando Norris and the entire Woking team.
"First of all, congratulations to the entire team, including everyone who worked on the pit wall today," emphasized McLaren Racing's boss. "Today, everyone acted very correctly and precisely, making the right decisions alongside the drivers despite difficult circumstances, and we managed to avoid trouble.
Oscar Piastri started very aggressively, rightly taking the lead, but unfortunately, he was penalized later, which prevented him from winning the race. However, Lando inherited the victory, so today is a very special day for him because he won his home race. Overall, we are satisfied and have something to celebrate.

Pierre Gasly: We took risks, and this approach paid off.
Pierre Gasly finished sixth at Silverstone, and this is currently the best result for the Alpine F1 team this season. Meanwhile, Franco Colapinto, his Argentine teammate, was unable to participate in the race at all – his car failed him even before the start.
Pierre Gasly (6th): "This is a fantastic result for the entire team. I don't think we expected to finish in this position after the practice sessions, so I have to give credit to everyone for their efforts this weekend. Especially satisfying that it happened at Silverstone, our home race, which many team members followed from the grandstands at the circuit.
This will give everyone extra motivation, so I am very pleased. On the track, we had interesting battles with drivers we don't usually fight with — for example, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen. Overall, it was fun.

Komatsu: Our drivers should not collide.
The Haas team did not score any points at the British Grand Prix, although in the final laps Oliver Berman attempted to attack George Russell for tenth place, but without success. Esteban Ocon finished thirteenth after a collision with his teammate. After the race at Silverstone, Haas dropped to ninth place in the Constructors' Championship.
Oliver Berman (11th): "It was a tough race. We switched to slick tires in the early laps, but now we realize that was the wrong decision given the approaching rain. I lost a lot of time during the race.
At one point, my car spun after contact, but after all that, I fought for points and finished eleventh, which is disappointing. We were fast this weekend, so it's a pity it ended that way.
Conditions were difficult, there was only one dry line on the track, so I couldn’t overtake Russell in the final laps.

Lewis Hamilton: I feel this car better and better
At Silverstone, only Lewis Hamilton scored points for Ferrari, finishing fourth...
Frederic Vasseur, team principal: "A chaotic race for everyone from start to finish, although it surely pleased the fans. Conditions changed so often that it was difficult to choose the right tires, and the frequent safety car deployments complicated assessing the potential developments.
After the race, it always seems that a more optimal strategy could have been used. Charles's decision to switch to slicks right at the start was bold. Things could have turned out differently if it had worked.
Clearly, the McLaren cars are much faster, but today we scored more points than Mercedes and Red Bull – which is positive, as is the fact that in qualifying we were competitive right up to the final.

Russell: That's not how I wanted to run my home race.
The Mercedes team had an unsuccessful British Grand Prix: George Russell finished tenth, earning at least one championship point. Meanwhile, his young teammate Kimi Antonelli dropped out due to damage sustained to his car after Isaac Hadjar rear-ended him in very poor visibility conditions.
George Russell (10th): "In conditions like today, it's always difficult to make the right decisions, but unfortunately, we weren't successful. After the warm-up lap, we decided to switch to hard slicks, and then there was no rain for 25 minutes, which should have allowed us to gain a decent advantage. Unfortunately, for 15 minutes, we drove around the track in Virtual Safety Car (VSC) mode.
As soon as the race resumed, we gained a few seconds each lap, but the gap was already too big.

UK GP: Tire change procedure during the race
After the finish of the British Grand Prix, Pirelli published information about the tire change sequence during the race:

Driver
Start
1st pit stop
2nd pit stop
3rd pit stop

L. Norris
IN
IN(11)
C3N(44)

O. Piastri
IN
IN(11)
C3N(43)

N. Hulkenberg
IN
IN(09)
C3N(42)

L. Hamilton
IN
IN(11)
C4U(41)

M. Verstappen
IN
IN(11)
C3N(41)

P. Gasly
IN
IN(11)
C3N(41)

L. Stroll
IN
C4N(06)
IN(10)
C4N(41)

A. Albon
IN
IN(12)
C3N(42)

F. Alonso
IN
IN(11)
C3U(37)

D. Russell
C2N
IN(10)
C2N(38)

O.

Brown: Let the racers decide who will become the champion.
McLaren drivers' winning double at Silverstone of course pleased Zak Brown greatly, but he considers the stewards' decision to impose a 10-second penalty on Oscar Piastri, which cost the Australian, who was leading the championship, the chance to win, ambiguous.
"The decision that the safety car was leaving the track was made rather late," commented McLaren Racing CEO. "Max Verstappen accelerated at that moment, and Oscar slowed down, but from the outside, the situation looked worse than it actually was. Telemetry data showed that everything appeared different from what was shown on TV screens.
But it is what it is. I think every time penalties are issued, there's an element of subjectivity. When Oscar hit the brakes, he was just trying to warm up the tires, but everything happened on a wet track, so the situation was borderline.

DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award: Best Pit Stop at Red Bull
At Silverstone, the fastest pit stop was performed by Red Bull Racing mechanics, servicing Yuki Tsunoda's car on the 11th lap in 2.06 seconds.
A total of 34 pit stops were made during the race. The longest pit stop was carried out by McLaren when Oscar Piastri served a 10-second penalty.

Team
Racer
Time
Lap
Points

1. Red Bull
Y. Tsunoda
2.06
11
25

2. Mercedes
K. Antunelli
2.21
09
18

3. Red Bull
M. Verstappen
2.23
11
15

4. Alpine
P. Gasly
2.23
41
12

5. Mercedes
K. Antunelli
2.24
02
 

6. Mercedes
D. Russell
2.35
38
10

7. Ferrari
L. Hamilton
2.38
11
8

8. McLaren
L. Norris
2.39
44
6

9. Alpine
P. Gasly
2.41
11
 

10. Mercedes
D. Russell
2.44
10
 

11. Haas
E. Ocon
2.52
42
4

12.

Vaules: We scored fewer points than we expected.
James Vowles, Williams Racing team principal, summed up the team's performance at the British round of the season, admitting that they made a mistake in forecasting the weather conditions.
James Vowles: "The weekend at Silverstone is behind us, and first of all, I want to congratulate Sauber and Nico Hülkenberg on a great result – they deserved it. Many other participants faced difficulties due to challenging weather conditions during the race.
As for our situation: we did not expect the track to be so wet, especially since we had set up the cars assuming the race would take place in relatively dry weather. It was clear that when intermediate tires were needed—and even when the asphalt was starting to dry—our performance was poor.
Aston Martin drivers overtook us, and we lost quite a lot of time compared to our competitors.

Driver
Team
Average
Best
Worst
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Score

O. Piastre
McLaren
2.17
1
4
12
12
12
7 - 5

M. Verstappen
Red Bull
3.08
1
7
12
12
12
12 - 0

L. Norris
McLaren
3.5
1
10
12
12
12
5 - 7

D. Russell
Mercedes
4.33
1
14
12
12
11
11 - 1

S. Leclerc
Ferrari
5.67
2
11
12
12
11
8 - 4

L. Hamilton
Ferrari
7
4
12
12
12
10
4 - 8

K. Antonelli
Mercedes
8
3
16
12
11
9
1 - 11

A. Hajar
Racing Bulls
10.08
6
14
12
12
6
9 - 3

F. Alonso
Aston Martin
10.75
5
17
12
11
5
12 - 0

A. Elbon
Williams
10.75
6
17
12
11
6
6 - 6

C. Sainz
Williams
11.58
6
19
12
9
5
6 - 6

Y. Tsunoda
RB/RBR
11.82
5
20
11
9
5
1 - 11

P. Gasly
Alpine
12.08
5
20
12
8
7
10 - 2

L. Lawson
RBR/RB
14.58
6
20
12
6
2
2 - 10

E. Ocon
Haas F1
15
8
19
12
6
2
6 - 6

G. Bortolotto
Sauber
15.42
8
20
12
5
1
6 - 6

D. Duen
Alpine
15.5
11
19
6
3
0
1 - 5

O. Berman
Haas F1
15.83
8
20
12
6
2
6 - 6

N. Hulkenberg
Sauber
16.08
12
20
12
3
0
6 - 6

L. Stroll
Aston Martin
16.17
8
20
12
4
1
0 - 12

F. Colapinto
Alpine
16.67
12
20
6
3
0
1 - 5

Grand Prix Statistics: Races and Drivers
Driver performance statistics in past Grands Prix are sorted by average finishing position in classified races. If a driver did not participate or retired, that race does not affect their average position.

Driver
Team
Finish position
Leading
Total distance

Average
Best
Laps
km
Laps
Time
km
%

O. Piastre
McLaren
2.6
1
276
1466.8
729
18:19:37
3629.3
100%

L. Norris
McLaren
3.3
1
188
846.9
725
18:11:46
3611.9
99.5%

M. Verstappen
Red Bull
3.

Leo Turini about the Italian team and the English weather
Like all true Ferrari fans, Leo Turrini was disappointed with the results of the British round, but while weather cannot be influenced, there were many other moments dependent on the team's decisions and its management...
To comment on the results of the British Grand Prix, I will borrow a scene from Mel Brooks' cult film "Young Frankenstein." It’s when Frederick and Igor go to the cemetery to dig up a recently buried body, and Frederick exclaims: "What a disgusting job!"
To which Igor responds: "It could be worse."
" – How so?
– It might rain."
And at that moment, bad weather breaks out.
In our case, let’s imagine Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in place of Frederick and Igor. We are halfway through the championship, and Ferrari isn’t doing too well.