SILVERSTONE, Nice Britain — Charles Leclerc emerged because the victor in a massively eventful British Grand Prix Sunday at Silverstone, the Ferrari driver taking the win whereas Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli fell backward following a difficulty on his automobile.
Leclerc made a lightning begin, the Monegasque and teammate Lewis Hamilton getting forward of Antonelli off the road. Whereas Antonelli ultimately caught Hamilton for second, Leclerc remained regular forward, solely dropping the lead when he made his pit cease.
That handed the result in Antonelli, who stretched out his stint earlier than ultimately pitting on Lap 36. The Italian promptly went on the chase of Leclerc – however this got here undone when he skilled a difficulty along with his automobile on Lap 41, which the staff advised was a left-front wheel defend failure.
After two additional pit stops, Antonelli managed to proceed however had dropped to tenth, in addition to receiving a five-second time penalty for observe limits. Additional drama then adopted when Max Verstappen spun off into the gravel lure on Lap 48, ensuing within the Security Automobile being deployed.
With the race then ending beneath the Security Automobile, Leclerc crossed the road to say his ninth profession win forward of Mercedes’ George Russell – who, in staying out on observe whereas others pitted in the course of the Security Automobile part, managed to leapfrog Hamilton.
The ultimate spot on the rostrum went to Hamilton – although it was confirmed that the seven-time champion will probably be investigated after the race for a yellow flag infringement – whereas fellow dwelling favourite Lando Norris was fourth for McLaren.
“It feels unbelievable. Sadly, the tip was perhaps not the one I’ll have dreamt of, however to win after the previous few weekends which were significantly troublesome, all of the work that we put into making an attempt to get the sensation again within the automobile,” stated Leclerc “I felt like I had discovered one thing yesterday between the Dash and qualifying however I needed to affirm that right this moment. And right this moment, the sensation was again the place it must be. I’m so extremely completely happy.”
