On the floor, the British Grand Prix was all concerning the ongoing struggle for the World Championship between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, as McLaren’s extraordinary domination of F1 continued around the very quick observe in Northamptonshire.
That they had been upstaged in qualifying by Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen, partly because of a low-drag rear wing final utilized in Suzuka earlier within the season, and partly because of the world champion’s extraordinary ability. However when the rain got here at first, Verstappen was fairly quicky doomed. After early Digital Security Automotive interventions, when issues lastly obtained going Piastri slipped forward and opened a 14.4 second lead – till race director Rui Marques deemed that the precise Security Automotive must be deployed to sluggish the vehicles down as there was an excessive amount of standing water. The truth that Isack Hadjar crashed his RB into the again of Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes as quickly because the observe went inexperienced once more prompt that Marques had executed the proper factor initially, since visibility was nonetheless poor.
