Max Verstappen continues dominant run with sixth straight Formula One victory at British Grand Prix

On a day when Brad Pitt joined the Components One grid to shoot his new film, defending champion Max Verstappen was decreased to a cameo function in his personal win with F1 followers gripped by the combat for second place.

Other than shedding the result in Lando Norris firstly — after which taking it again — Verstappen’s cruise on Sunday to one more win — his sixth in a row — lacked the Hollywood-style drama of Norris’ battle with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton for second.

That matches a sample this season of dominant wins for the Pink Bull driver and more and more hard-fought battles behind him as Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin and now McLaren jostle to be the second-fastest staff.

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“It’s extremely complicated, to be sincere, as a result of each single race it is another person,” Verstappen mentioned.

Filming for Pitt’s upcoming F1-themed movie had been going down all weekend across the F1 classes, utilizing black-and-gold automobiles from the fictional APX staff. Pitt himself and co-star Damson Idris joined the grid in racing fits earlier than the beginning.

Verstappen prolonged his total result in 99 factors over teammate Sergio Perez. First place in a race earns 25 factors.

Beginning on pole place, Verstappen was overtaken off the road by McLaren’s Norris in what he later admitted was a “horrible” begin however swept again into the lead on lap 5 and held on till the top. Pink Bull has received all 10 races this 12 months, 11 in a row together with the ultimate race of 2022, matching the file of McLaren with 11 consecutive wins in 1988.

Norris had been anticipated to drop again after qualifying a shock second on the grid, however as an alternative remained Verstappen’s closest challenger all through the race. After a safety-car restart, he fought wheel-to-wheel with Hamilton, who had what had been in principle sooner tires, however held on to second for his and McLaren’s greatest outcome since 2021. “It was a tremendous combat,” Norris mentioned.

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Actor Brad Pitt walks by way of the paddock earlier than earlier than the British Components One Grand Prix race on the Silverstone racetrack, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Manufacturing of Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamiltons F1 film has begun at Silverstone. (Christian Bruna/Pool photograph through AP)

Hamilton had began seventh and credited the group for powering him to a 14th profession podium end at Silverstone. “I didn’t do it, the group did,” he mentioned. “I felt the vitality, I felt the help. That is the explanation we received again up there.”

McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri was a career-best fourth forward of Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate George Russell as McLaren’s upgraded automotive proved much more aggressive than even the staff had predicted.

Perez was off the rostrum for the fourth time in 5 races, ending sixth after beginning fifteenth, with seventh for Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and a powerful eighth for Alexander Albon of Williams.

When Kevin Magnussen broke down with flames coming from the again of his Haas on lap 33 of 52, it gave drivers together with Verstappen, Norris and Hamilton the prospect to pit beneath the protection automotive with out shedding time. Ferrari was among the many losers as a result of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had simply pitted. They completed ninth and tenth respectively.

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Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands crosses the end line to win the British Components One Grand Prix race on the Silverstone racetrack, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Christian Bruna/Pool photograph through AP)

Race organizers and police had been on excessive alert to forestall a repeat of the protest eventually 12 months’s race when environmental activists stormed the observe. That included police utilizing a facial recognition system on the entry gates to the circuit, a comparatively new and controversial expertise in Britain.

Drivers had warned towards a repeat of observe protests, arguing it will danger their security and that of any protesters coming into a dwell observe. Final 12 months’s protest passed off shortly after a crash had brought about a red-flag stoppage, which means automobiles had been already going extra slowly on their approach to the pits.

Earlier than the Grand Prix on Sunday, environmental group Final Technology delayed the beginning of a DTM sportscar race in Nuremberg, Germany, after pouring oil onto the observe.