July 16-18 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
Track:
Silverstone Circuit
Track History | Locate | Weather
Where to Watch
Race start: July 18, 2021, 9:55a EST
T.V.: ESPN
online: ESPN.com
BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Past Winners
2021 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2020 No race held
2019 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2018 Sebastian Vettel/Ferrari
PODIUM
2021
1. Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2. Charles Leclerc/Ferrari
3. Valtteri Bottas/Mercedes-AMG
*Also earned fastest lap of the race point
Final Results
FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
Position Driver Team Time Points
* Fastest Lap Point
1 #44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-AMG 1:58:23.284 25
2 #16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +3.871s 18
3 #77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes-AMG +11.125s 15
4 #4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes +28.573s 12
5 #3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren Mercedes +42.624s 10
6 #55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +43.454s 8
7 #14 Fernando Alonso Alpine Renault +72.093s 6
8 #18 Lance Stroll Racing Point BWT Mercedes +74.289s 4
9 #31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault +76.162s 2
10 #22 Yuki Tsunoda Alphatauri Honda +82.065s 1
11 #10 Pierre Gasly Alphatauri Honda +85.327s 0
12 #63 George Russell Williams Mercedes +1 lap 0
13 #99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari +1 lap 0
14 #6 Nicholas Latifi Williams Mercedes +1 lap 0
15 #7 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari +1 lap 0
16 #11 Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing Honda +1 lap 0
17 #9 Nikita Mazepin Haas Ferrari +1 lap 0
18 #47 Mick Schumacher Haas Ferrari +1 lap 0
NC #5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Mercedes DNF 0
NC #33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda DNF 0
F1 | Hamilton overcomes first-lap collision with Verstappen to hunt down Leclerc for 8th British GP win
Lewis Hamilton overcame first lap contact with title rival Max Verstappen and a 10-second penalty to take an eighth British Grand Prix win at Silverstone, passing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – who led the majority of the race – with just three laps of the race to go, as the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas took P3.
Hamilton and Verstappen had sparred spectacularly throughout the first half lap of the Grand Prix, but made contact at Copse when Hamilton tried to pass up the inside into the fast sweeping corner, with Verstappen spinning hard into the barriers and out of the race – with Hamilton handed a 10-second penalty for the collision.
But a committed recovery from Hamilton saw him close down the gap to Leclerc in the final stages of the race, Hamilton passing the Monegasque driver on Lap 50 of 52 to take an emotional victory in front of an ecstatic British Grand Prix crowd – with the reigning champion closing the gap to Verstappen in the title race to just eight points. --read more--
watch: Race Highlights | 2021 British Grand Prix
F1 Sprint Qualifying Results
FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Fastest Lap Point | ||||
| 1 | #33 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 25:38.426 | 3 |
| 2 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | +1.430s | 2 |
| 3 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | +7.502s | 1 |
| 4 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 25:38.426 | 0 |
| 5 | #4 Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | +24.111s | 0 |
| 6 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | +30.959s | 0 |
| 7 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | +43.527s | 0 |
| 8 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | +44.439s | 0 |
| 9 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | +46.652s | 0 |
| 10 | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | +47.395s | 0 |
| 11 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +47.798s | 0 |
| 12 | #10 Pierre Gasly | Alphatauri Honda | +48.763s | 0 |
| 13 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +50.677s | 0 |
| 14 | #18 Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | +52.179s | 0 |
| 15 | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +53.225s | 0 |
| 16 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | Alphatauri Honda | +53.567s | 0 |
| 17 | #6 Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | +55.162s | 0 |
| 18 | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | +68.213s | 0 |
| 19 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | +77.648s | 0 |
| 20 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | DNF | 0 |
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the inaugural F1 Sprint at the iconic Silverstone circuit, earning himself three points and pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix, as he triumphed over the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
With all of the top 10 starting the 17-lap F1 Sprint on medium tyres bar the Mercedes of Bottas on used softs, Verstappen was incisive off the start from second on the grid, out-dragging the Mercedes of Hamilton – who’d started P1 – into Abbey, despite flames having been spotted licking from his front-left wheel on the grid.
Fans were then treated to a thrilling opening lap, with Verstappen resisting the passing attempts of Hamilton – including an audacious one to go around the outside of the Red Bull at Copse – while Fernando Alonso impressively used the soft starting tyres on his Alpine to jump from 11th to 5th, as the two Haas cars of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin touched in the Village complex, with Mazepin spinning. --read more--
watch: F1 Sprint Highlights | 2021 British Grand Prix
There will be no reverse grid at this weekend's British Grand Prix
This coming weekend at Silverstone, F1 is boldly ripping up the standard weekend format and trying something new: F1 Sprint. This flat-out 100km event will take place on Saturday – between qualifying and the race on the schedule – with the result setting the grid for the Grand Prix on Sunday.
We’ve set out exactly how it will work in our handy guide – but even then we noticed a few misconceptions about the format floating around the internet. So with that in mind, here’s our myth-busting guide to F1 Sprint. --read more--
Starting Grid for F1 Sprint
FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
| Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Set new track record. | |||
| 1 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | 1:26.134 |
| 2 | #33 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:26.209 |
| 3 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | 1:26.328 |
| 4 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:26.828 |
| 5 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:26.844 |
| 6 | #4 Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.897 |
| 7 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.899 |
| 8 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:26.971 |
| 9 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:27.007 |
| 10 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:27.179 |
| 11 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | 1:27.245 |
| 12 | #10 Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:27.273 |
| 13 | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:27.340 |
| 14 | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:27.617 |
| 15 | #18 Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:27.665 |
| 16 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:28.043 |
| 17 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:28.062 |
| 18 | #6 Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:28.254 |
| 19 | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | 1:28.738 |
| 20 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | 1:29.051 |
F1 | Hamilton digs deep to beat Verstappen in qualifying and seal top grid slot for F1 Sprint
Lewis Hamilton put in a sensational qualifying lap to light up Silverstone and ensure he will start the first-ever F1 Sprint from P1 ahead of title rival Max Verstappen.
This historic Friday evening qualifying session, which sets the grid for the first-ever F1 Sprint on Saturday as opposed to Sunday’s British Grand Prix itself, saw the drivers giving it their all for P1 on soft tyres only - as per the regulations on this experimental weekend.
Mercedes may have taken nine of the last nine pole positions available at this track but Verstappen fired the first shot for Red Bull, topping Q1 by 0.035s ahead of Hamilton. But Hamilton bounced back in Q2, his time there nearly a half a second faster than Verstappen’s. That left the 90,000-strong crowd salivating for Q3 in the evening sunshine. --read more--
watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2021 British Grand Prix
Tire Allocations
FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
C1, C2 and C3 tires will be used for the British Grand Prix
Tires for British 2021
The Pirelli tire allocations for the FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021 are: (See chart on left.)
History will be made at Silverstone this weekend with the first F1 Sprint to be held on Saturday ahead of the British Grand Prix on Sunday, and Pirelli have now announced which tyres they will be bringing to the race.
Not only will Pirelli bring more tyres to account for F1 Sprint this weekend, they will also be implementing the new, more robust rear construction that was tested in practice for the Austrian Grand Prix. This will be used from the British Grand Prix until the end of the season. --read more--
Red (C5) - Fastest
Yellow (C2) - Balanced
White (C1) - Long lasting
Wet Weather
Green - Intermediates - Used when track conditions are wet and starting to dry
Blue - Full Wets - Used when it's actually raining
The 'Full Wets' (blue) can dissipate 85 liters/ 22.45462 gallons per second. The Intermediates (green), used when the track is wet in some areas and dry in others, can dissipate 30 liters/ 7.92516 gallons per second.
Blue - Full Wets
Green - Intermediates
Yellow - Medium Compound
The Racing Spot - Pirelli | WHEN IT’S TIME TO CHANGE FROM SLICK TO WET TYRES IN FORMULA 1
