F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins British GP

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 10^th on the opening lap – to make it two British drivers on the podium.

2023 F1 British GP results

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen		52	-			26
2	Lando Norris		52	3.798	3.798	3.798	18
3	Lewis Hamilton		52	6.783	6.783	2.985	15
4	Oscar Piastri		52	7.776	7.776	0.993	12
5	George Russell		52	11.206	11.206	3.430	10
6	Sergio Perez		52	12.882	12.882	1.676	8
7	Fernando Alonso		52	17.193	17.193	4.311	6
8	Alex Albon		52	17.878	17.878	0.685	4
9	Charles Leclerc		52	18.689	18.689	0.811	2
10	Carlos Sainz		52	19.448	19.448	0.759	1
11	Logan Sargeant		52	23.632	23.632	4.184
12	Valtteri Bottas		52	25.830	25.830	2.198
13	Nico Hulkenberg		52	26.663	26.663	0.833
14	Lance Stroll		52	27.483	27.483	0.820
15	Zhou Guanyu		52	29.820	29.820	2.337
16	Yuki Tsunoda		52	31.225	31.225	1.405
17	Nyck de Vries		52	33.128	33.128	1.903
	Pierre Gasly		46
	Kevin Magnussen		31
	Esteban Ocon		9
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How the 2023 F1 British GP unfolded

Verstappen lost his pole position advantage on the run to Turn 1 as Norris swept past him after making a tremendous start. Verstappen held second, although Oscar Piastri (McLaren) challenged him hard into Copse Corner, ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), George Russell (Mercedes, who started on soft tyres in a pack of medium-shod cars) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). Hamilton (Mercedes) dropped to tenth after running wide at Village.

Verstappen passed Norris with DRS for the lead approaching Brooklands on lap five, as Russell attacked Leclerc for fourth and the recovering Hamilton hounded Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) for seventh. Hamilton passed him at Brooklands two laps later.

From 15^th on the grid after his latest qualifying disaster, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez had to battle his way through the field, clipping Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas at The Loop as he did so. It took him until lap 17 to work his way into the top 10.

Leclerc was the first of the frontrunners to stop on lap 19, switching his mediums for hards after the threat of a rain shower passed by the track.

At half distance, Verstappen led Norris by 6s, with Piastri a further 2s back. Sainz pitted from fifth a lap later, rejoining 5s behind Leclerc.

Russell pitted from fourth on lap 29 but a slow stop meant he rejoined well behind Leclerc. But on his medium tyres, having started on softs, Russell quickly reeled in Leclerc and drove around the outside of him at Luffield on lap 31.

Kevin Magnussen’s Haas erupted in flames on the Wellington Straight, causing a virtual safety car. Leclerc pitted for mediums, losing spots to Sainz, Perez and Alex Albon’s Williams.

A full safety car was then called, with Verstappen and Hamilton going to softs, Hamilton jumping ahead of Piastri to third, but Norris went to hards.

The race restarted on lap 39 with Verstappen (used softs) leading Norris (fresh hards), Hamilton (used softs), Piastri (hards), Russell (mediums), Alonso (softs), Sainz (hards) and Perez (fresh softs).

Hamilton immediately went on the attack on Norris, who defended hard for the next two laps as Verstappen pulled well clear. Even with DRS enabled, Norris just managed to cling to his runner-up spot from Hamilton, as Piastri did likewise to hold off Russell in fourth.

Sainz lost three places to Perez, Albon and Leclerc with eight laps to go, after Perez lunged him offline into Vale. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Sainz fought mightily over the final point until Gasly suffered right-rear corner damage in a collision with Lance Stroll’s Aston.

Verstappen cruised to victory by over 3s, ahead of Norris, Hamilton, Piastri and Russell. Perez passed Alonso for sixth with five laps to go, with Alonso toiling to hold seventh from Albon, Leclerc and Sainz in the closing stages.

2023 F1 British GP fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Lap	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	42	1'30.275			234.922
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	43	1'30.543	0.268	0.268	234.226
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	43	1'30.545	0.270	0.002	234.221
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	41	1'30.850	0.575	0.305	233.435
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	51	1'30.914	0.639	0.064	233.271
6	George Russell	Mercedes	41	1'31.124	0.849	0.210	232.733
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	48	1'31.255	0.980	0.131	232.399
8	Alex Albon	Williams	41	1'31.273	0.998	0.018	232.353
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	48	1'31.338	1.063	0.065	232.188
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	51	1'31.366	1.091	0.028	232.116
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	42	1'31.508	1.233	0.142	231.756
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	42	1'31.539	1.264	0.031	231.678
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	42	1'31.699	1.424	0.160	231.274
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	48	1'31.769	1.494	0.070	231.097
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	52	1'31.776	1.501	0.007	231.080
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	52	1'31.852	1.577	0.076	230.888
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	48	1'32.084	1.809	0.232	230.307
18	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	48	1'32.353	2.078	0.269	229.636
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	29	1'33.356	3.081	1.003	227.169
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	4	1'33.941	3.666	0.585	225.754
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2023 F1 British GP pitstops

Cla	Driver	1		2		3		4
1	Max Verstappen	M	33	S	22
2	Lando Norris	M	33	H	19
3	Lewis Hamilton	M	33	S	22
4	Oscar Piastri	M	29	H	23
5	George Russell	S	31	M	24
6	Sergio Perez	M	28	S	24
7	Fernando Alonso	M	34	S	22
8	Alex Albon	M	32	S	24
9	Charles Leclerc	M	18	H	14	M	20
10	Carlos Sainz	M	26	H	26
11	Logan Sargeant	M	29	S	23
12	Valtteri Bottas	H	32	S	20
13	Nico Hulkenberg	H	7	M	25	S	20
14	Lance Stroll	M	32	S	24
15	Zhou Guanyu	M	24	H	9	S	3	S	19
16	Yuki Tsunoda	S	14	H	18	S	20
17	Nyck de Vries	S	27	M	5	S	20
	Pierre Gasly	M	31	S	18
	Kevin Magnussen	M	31
	Esteban Ocon	S	9
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