Formula 1 2023 British Grand Prix results

It came after two earlier failures for Hulkenberg himself, which have added to the team’s woes as it fights to develop a car, which is quick in qualifying but is usually too hard on its tyres in races.Magnussen had stopped on track in Q1 at Silverstone after suffering an oil pressure issue, although it was believed at the time that the power unit – which was new in Austria – had not been ...

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A double DNF in the British Grand Prix helped the resurgent McLaren leapfrog it for fifth in the constructors’ championship, as it faces an increasingly tough battle in the ultra-close midfield.And things have not been easy off track either, with the Enstone-based squad having been on the receiving end of criticisms from CEO Laurent Rossi at the Miami Grand Prix over what he felt had been ...

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As Red Bull has won every round so far in 2023, Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin and - following the British Grand Prix last weekend - now McLaren have fought to be the second-fastest team.Factors such as track characteristics, the rate and effectiveness of upgrades and strategy decisions have created a considerable variation in competitiveness from one weekend to the next.This means, although it ...

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A major upgrade package introduced over the past two races helped Norris produce a star performance on home ground at Silverstone last weekend.The young Briton qualified on the front row and briefly led the opening stages before coming home in second place behind race winner Max Verstappen and ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.The scale of McLaren’s progress has left rivals hoping they too can ...

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After a run of podium finishes in the early part of the season, Alonso has had a tougher time in the last two races, but he was satisfied to earn some decent points with seventh place in the British GP.The Spaniard indicated that the result actually flattered the team and was better than what he had expected heading into the race.“We weren't fast enough in any session on the weekend, so it was ...

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Pitt also admitted that he felt “a little giddy” as shooting for the film got underway over the British GP weekend, including sequences involving him driving the production’s F2-based car in between real sessions.The Hollywood star gave his first extensive insight into the movie and its plot in an interview conducted in the film’s Silverstone garage by Martin Brundle for Sky Sports F1."I'm ...

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Silverstone almost always serves up something special. And the 2023 edition again thrust itself into race-of-the-year contention as Formula 1 fans were treated to a thrilling encounter.While Red Bull matching McLaren's consecutive race win record should have been the main headline of the weekend, McLaren ensured the headlines went its way with Lando Norris wowing the Silverstone grandstands with a ...

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With Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi embarking on ambitious plans to expand sales of the French sportscar manufacturer, he felt that the company’s motorsport activities needed to be given more attention than he could provide himself. As a result, he has appointed Alpine’s F1 engine chief Bruno Famin as VP of Alpine Motorsports. Famin will report directly to Rossi and will manage all of the ...

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Russell followed Leclerc closely for the first 18 laps of the race but could not get by until the latter made an early first stop.Later Russell emerged from his own slow mid-race pit stop behind Leclerc having run an unusually long first stint on the soft tyres.The pair then enjoyed a brief but spectacular tussle before Russell went past on his way to an eventual fifth place."I felt good on those ...

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The Mexican driver failed to reach Q3 for the fifth grand prix qualifying session in a row last weekend, as he landed 15th on the grid for the 2023 British GP before battling back to sixth. 
He now sits 99 points behind team-mate Max Verstappen in the standings. Meanwhile, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso trails Perez by 19 points in third. 
But Red Bull team principal Christian ...

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The German manufacturer was outgunned by McLaren at the British Grand Prix in the battle behind Red Bull, as Lewis Hamilton did not have the pace to overhaul Lando Norris for second spot. 
A major overhaul of the W14 introduced at the Monaco Grand Prix had initially appeared to give the squad the uptick in form it felt it needed to fight for wins, but it has failed to build on that early ...

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Leclerc and Sainz fell from fourth and fifth on the Silverstone grid to finish ninth and 10th, with both losing out from a mid-race safety car that compromised strategy and left them on weaker hard tyres.
Despite ongoing criticism of Ferrari's strategy, Sainz defended what he reckoned to be a "50-50" call and instead laid blame with the inconsistent nature of the car that was exacerbated by ...

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A late caution period triggered by Kevin Magnussen’s stranded Haas initially brought out a virtual safety car, which prompted the leaders to head for the pits.
At the time, with second-placed Norris around nine seconds adrift of race leader Max Verstappen who seemed out of touch, McLaren felt that the safer option was to switch Norris to hards rather than take unnecessary risks and go on to ...

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The pair tussled at Stowe, with Stroll passing Gasly for 11th off the track before they came together at Club later in the race.
The contact left Gasly with terminal suspension damage, while Stroll received a five-second penalty for causing the collision.
Asked by Motorsport.com what had happened during the pair's battle, Gasly said: "To me it was quite clear and it's been always in the ...

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Verstappen was jumped off the line by Norris to the delight of the home fans in attendance at Silverstone, which also let Piastri get close to the Red Bull driver.
Norris led the first four laps of the race and managed to resist any early efforts from the Red Bull driver, but Verstappen managed to make his way back past on lap 5 with a move on Norris at Brooklands.
Speaking about his slow ...

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The Australian lined up third for Sunday’s race before falling behind Lewis Hamilton to finish fourth after the unfortunate timing of his pitstop shortly before the safety car.
Although he said it “hurts to be so close to a podium,” Piastri said it was promising that both McLaren drivers were able to cling to Verstappen for much of the race.
Given it was his first race with the ...

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Despite losing the lead at the start to McLaren’s Lando Norris, Verstappen passed him after five laps and scored yet another victory – surprisingly his first with the British GP title – despite a safety car interruption.
Norris held second from a charging Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – who dropped as low as 10th on the opening lap – to make it two British drivers on the ...

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The seven-time world champion benefitted from the timing of a safety car to put himself in to a podium position spot late on as he ran third behind Norris.
At the restart he was on what looked to be the better soft tyres, against Norris on the hards, but he failed to find a way past.
While he managed to hustle his way alongside at one point on the run down to Copse Corner, the straight line ...

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The Briton took his best-ever result at his home race, taking an early lead before finishing as runner-up to Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
He pitted during the safety car caused by Kevin Magnussen's Haas stopping on track and was given the hard Pirelli tyres, with Verstappen and third-place runner Hamilton on the softs.
It meant Norris had to work harder to fire up his tyres, with the two ...

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At the start, Norris was able to blast past polesitter Verstappen as the Red Bull failed to accelerate despite the Dutchman reacting well enough, which meant Piastri also had a look to the inside of the first corner starting in third.
There, Verstappen went the long way around to cement second and he then chased Norris down the Wellington straight, where the leader successfully weaved to ...

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Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski attended the gathering essentially to introduce themselves and thank the drivers in advance for accepting any inconvenience associated with the production of the new Apple-backed F1 movie.
After months of preparation shooting began in earnest this weekend, and the film's fictional 11th team has a high-profile presence in the paddock and pitlane.
The ...

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Mercedes got its Silverstone weekend off to a bad start on Friday when Russell and team-mate Lewis Hamilton were only 12th and 15th respectively in FP2.
However, after overnight work, helped by a sim session that Mick Schumacher reported on social media as finishing at 2.15am, the W14 was in much better shape on Saturday.
Russell and Hamilton qualified sixth and seventh behind the Red Bull ...

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Perez was sent out of the Red Bull garage during a red flag break to recover the abandoned car of Kevin Magnussen, but having claimed the spot at the head of the queue at the exit he had to wait longer than the team had anticipated for the session to resume.
In the meantime, he lost tyre temperature, and after a frantic final run, he finished the session in 16th place. He subsequently gained a ...

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The Woking-based squad has made some impressive gains with its MCL60 after unleashing a raft of upgrades to its car since Austria last weekend.
The scale of its progress, which has resulted in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri securing second and third on the grid at the British GP, has prompted some pointed remarks about its design being similar to Red Bull's RB19.
Lewis Hamilton said after ...

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McLaren has proved to be the surprise of the British Grand Prix weekend as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri secured second and third on the grid at Silverstone in the updated MCL60 car.
The dramatic progress that McLaren has made since switching floor and sidepod concepts has raised eyebrows at other teams, as the Woking-based squad has jumped from fighting near the back to becoming one of Red ...

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Silverstone event commander detective superintendent Richard Tompkins says that a “ring of steel” will be erected around the circuit permitter in a bid to prevent a repeat of the disruption in the 2022 race.
Five people from Just Stop Oil jumped the barriers on the opening lap of last year’s GP but an early red flag for Zhou Guanyu rolling at Turn 1 meant the field slowed by the time it ...

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The world championship leader was spotted with a bandage on his right hand after securing pole position at Silverstone on Saturday.
Speaking about what had happened, the Dutchman said he had somehow managed to hurt a finger on the day before track action began.
“I just sprained my finger a little bit,” he explained after qualifying. “My hand has been bothering me a little bit. Today it ...

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Alpine A523 technical detail
Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Alpine has an entirely new front wing design for the British Grand Prix (lower of the two), with changes to the outboard section of the flaps and their meeting point with the endplate, as well as the diveplane on the outside of the endplate.
There have been changes too to the position of the infra-red camera pod on the ...

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That was the team’s best Saturday result at Silverstone before this weekend, when Lando Norris shone and went one better in his metal-effect machine.
He was met by cheers from the grandstands as he crossed the line to complete a final flying lap in Q3. Norris shot to provisional pole courtesy of a 1m29.861s effort.
While he was knocked off top spot in the dying moments by Max Verstappen ...

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position after a dominant showing in qualifying, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri lining up second and third after an impressive performance from the McLaren duo.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will be fourth and fifth on the grid, ahead of Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
Sergio Perez will take the start ...

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As teams continue developments for the next era of power unit regulations, they have started to discover the performance quirks that are around the corner.
And one of the weirdest aspects of rules that are aimed at being more sustainable is that drivers are going to get engaged in fuel-burning activities once again to try to charge their batteries.
Fuel burn is the activity of deliberately ...

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Verstappen will start ahead of the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.



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Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri secured second and third on the grid for Sunday’s race as they made good use of the latest upgrades.
But nobody at the squad was getting too carried away with things, as there was an acceptance that the high-speed nature of the Silverstone circuit, allied to cooler temperatures, helped play to the strengths of the MCL-60.
And while not wishing to be too ...

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The Williams driver was third in both practice sessions on Friday, and was then second in the rain hit FP3 session on Saturday.
While other teams such as McLaren and Mercedes stepped up their game in qualifying, he was seventh in Q1, fourth in Q2 and then eighth in the final session.
Albon said that unlike some rivals Williams had been in good shape from the off at Silverstone, and that ...

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The two-time champion ran to ninth on Saturday, lapping 0.939 seconds slower than polesitter Max Verstappen. Team-mate Lance Stroll, meanwhile, clocked 12th position.
That marked the worst qualifying result of the season for Alonso, who notably was second quickest over a flying lap in Saudi Arabia, Miami, Monaco and Canada.
He reckoned Aston Martin had virtually achieved its maximum at ...

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Both drivers made pointed remarks over the radio during Q1 on Saturday as they tussled for track position while running in third and fourth respectively.
Leclerc said "nice Carlos, nice, good overtake in the last corner..." after Sainz passed him on track for position, despite the Monegasque driver having priority in the session.
Sainz then said: "It's a bit unfair what you're asking me to ...

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Lando Norris missed out on pole position by 0.241 seconds to Max Verstappen in the dying moments of the top 10 shootout. He will start from second place ahead of rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri, who leads the second row of the grid.
Meanwhile, Mercedes managed a 6-7 result. George Russell pipped his seven-time champion stablemate Hamilton by 0.056s but the pair ended up over 0.4s adrift of the ...

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The Dutchman, who took pole for the race having pipped home favourite Lando Norris at the post, was spotted with a damaged front wing in the pitlane during the red flag period in Q1.
It emerged that on exiting his pit garage, Verstappen had not been able to filter out into the fast lane without making contact with the opposite wall and broke off the left-hand side of his front wing.
This ...

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Exclusion from qualifying is the standard outcome for the offence, with Alex Albon the last driver to get such a penalty at last year’s Australian GP.
Bottas stopped on track in Q1, reporting no power, having already done enough to progress through to Q2 in 11th place.
He was not able to take part in the second session, and thus without setting a time he was classified 15th after ...

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