Introduction
Lewis Hamilton has claimed a long-awaited 2024 Method 1 British Grand Prix victory in an exciting race at Silverstone, with the Mercedes driver holding off a problem from Lando Norris to take the win.
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Whereas pole-sitter George Russell had led away from Hamilton because the occasion received underway, an thrilling battle quickly unfolded between the Mercedes automobiles and the McLaren pair of Norris and Oscar Piastri amid altering climate circumstances.
The lead modified arms after the opening section of the race when the sector started to modify to intermediate tyres. The skies later grew to become dry, and Hamilton capitalised from pitting for slicks one lap earlier than Norris—who additionally confronted a sluggish pit cease—to develop into the brand new race chief.
Whereas Russell retired with a water system problem – and Max Verstappen snatched P2 from Norris within the latter levels – Hamilton held place to clinch an emotional victory, a document ninth win in a single Grand Prix and his first P1 consequence for the reason that 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Regardless of wanting more and more fast on the exhausting tyres within the closing laps, Verstappen didn’t have sufficient time to struggle for the lead and crossed the road in P2 for Purple Bull, whereas Norris accomplished the rostrum in third.
The opposite McLaren of Piastri took fourth, forward of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in fifth and a formidable Nico Hulkenberg in sixth for Haas. It was a greater weekend than late for Aston Martin, with Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso ending seventh and eighth, respectively, whereas Alex Albon scored two beneficial factors for Williams in ninth.
Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the highest 10 for RB, with Logan Sargeant lacking out for Williams in P11 from Haas’s Kevin Magnussen in P12, and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo adopted in P13.
It was a disappointing consequence for Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari man had earlier made beneficial properties however slipped backwards after making an early swap to the intermediate tyres, ultimately crossing the road in P14.
Valtteri Bottas was the lead Kick Sauber within the fifteenth, whereas Esteban Ocon claimed the sixteenth in a tricky day for Alpine. Sergio Perez, in the meantime, confronted one other robust outing, ending the day down in seventeenth.
Zhou Guanyu grew to become the ultimate categorised runner in P18 for Kick Sauber, whereas Russell was one in every of two retirees owing to that aforementioned water system problem.
Pierre Gasly additionally failed to complete, returning to the pits on the finish of the formation lap. It later transpired that the Alpine had been affected by a gearbox downside.
Mario Isola, Motorsport Director, Pirelli:
We witnessed an interesting Grand Prix on the finish of a busy weekend, that includes an excellent present on the monitor and within the grandstands. It was a testing weekend as a result of we examined nearly our total vary of tyres in several circumstances on one of the crucial difficult tracks on the championship calendar.
Proper from Friday, it was evident that each one three dry-weather compounds may play a vital position on this race, and that was confirmed right this moment. By way of technique, the pre-race predictions have been kind of revered. Leaving apart the rain, the size of the primary stint on the Mediums and the efficiency of the Onerous for these like Verstappen and Sainz, who used them within the closing stint, demonstrated how a C2/C1 mixture may very well be very aggressive. The C3 suffered a bit extra, partly as a result of it was utilized in push mode in direction of the top of the race on a nonetheless fairly inexperienced monitor due to all of the rain this weekend.
The day on the monitor:
For Pirelli, this was a really vibrant Grand Prix, a four-colour one, to be exact, as 4 tyre compounds with their distinctive color bands have been introduced into play – crimson for the Tender, yellow for the Medium, white for the Onerous and inexperienced for the Intermediate and all 4 did in actual fact play an necessary position in a race the place the monitor switched from dry to moist and again once more and with temperatures that assorted by round ten levels relying on what the climate was doing.
The primary half featured the Medium, utilized by 17 drivers on the grid, the exceptions being Ocon and Zhou, who opted for the Tender whereas, ranging from pitlane, Perez went with the Onerous. The C2 labored nicely as a result of the drivers may push even when carrying a full gasoline load, whereas it additionally enabled them to handle the tough circumstances when the rain began to fall. Moreover, the Medium ensured higher flexibility as to when to make the primary pit cease, given that the specter of rain had made itself felt even earlier than the beginning.
Then, it was the flip of the Intermediate to take centre stage when the crossover level arrived. Leclerc and Perez had chosen to modify to this tyre early and now discovered themselves with a set of worn tyres simply when the monitor circumstances have been most suited to them, and so they needed to are available for a second set. In truth, there was by no means as a lot water on the monitor as yesterday in FP3, which meant one of these tyre would clearly put on way more rapidly because the monitor had dried out. The ultimate half noticed all three dry-weather compounds compete on equal phrases. It was attention-grabbing to watch how, particularly among the many leaders, the varied car-driver packages have been comfy with completely different compounds: Hamilton took the win for Mercedes with the Tender, Verstappen and his Purple Bull was quickest on the Onerous. On the identical time, Piastri demonstrated that the Medium may very well be very aggressive on the McLaren.
What’s subsequent?
The longest season in Method 1 historical past has reached its midpoint, and now there are two extra Grands Prix earlier than the summer time break. They happen in Hungary from 19 to 21 July and in Belgium the next week. On the weekend of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Pirelli may also be working on the eighth spherical of the WRC, Rally Lithuania, and the fourth spherical of the GT World Problem America at Virginia Worldwide Speedway.
This coming Tuesday and Wednesday, the McLaren, Haas, and Williams groups will once more be on monitor at Silverstone for a take a look at session to develop 2025 tyre constructions and compounds.
2024 Method 1 British Grand Prix Race Outcomes
| Pos | No | Driver | Nation | Staff | Time | Factors | General |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Nice Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | 1:22:27.059 | 25 | 110 |
| 2. | 1 | Max Verstappen | Netherlands | Purple Bull Racing | +1.465s | 18 | 255 |
| 3. | 4 | Lando Norris | Nice Britain | Mclaren Racing | +7.547s | 15 | 171 |
| 4. | 81 | Oscar Piastri | Australia | McLaren Racing | +12.429s | 12 | 124 |
| 5. | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Spain | Scuderia Ferrari | +47.318s | 11 | 146 |
| 6. | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Haas F1 Staff | +55.722s | 8 | 22 |
| 7. | 18 | Lance Stroll | Canada | Aston Martin F1 Staff | +56.569s | 6 | 23 |
| 8. | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Aston Martin F1 Staff | +63.577s | 4 | 45 |
| 9. | 45 | Alexander Albon | Thailand | Williams Racing | +68.387s | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Japan | Visa Money App F1 Staff | +79.303s | 1 | 20 |
| 11. | 2 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing | +88.960s | 0 | 0 |
| 12. | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Denmark | Haas F1 Staff | +90.153s | 0 | 5 |
| 13. | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | Visa Money App F1 Staff | +1 lap | 0 | 11 |
| 14. | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Monaco | Scuderia Ferrari | +1 lap | 0 | 150 |
| 15. | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | Kick Sauber F1 Staff | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 16. | 31 | Esteban Ocon | France | Alpine F1 Staff | +2 laps | 0 | 3 |
| 17. | 11 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Purple Bull Racing | +2 laps | 0 | 118 |
| 18. | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | China | Kick Sauber F1 Staff | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 19. | 63 | George Russell | Nice Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | DNF | 0 | 111 |
| 20. | 10 | Pierre Gasly | France | Alpine F1 Staff | DNF | 0 | 6 |
2024 Constructor Standings
| Pos | Staff | Factors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Purple Bull Racing | 373 |
| 2. | Scuderia Ferrari | 302 |
| 3. | McLaren Racing | 295 |
| 4. | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | 221 |
| 5. | Aston Martin F1 Staff | 68 |
| 6. | Visa Money App F1 Staff | 31 |
| 7. | Haas F1 Staff | 27 |
| 8. | Alpine F1 Staff | 9 |
| 9. | Williams Racing | 4 |
| 10. | Kick Sauber F1 Staff | 0 |
Listed below are the team-by-team highlights:
