- World champion stretches his lead in title race
- Lando Norris second; Lewis Hamilton third
Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix with a dominant drive for Red Bull from the front of the grid at Silverstone. He beat the McLaren of Lando Norris into second with the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton claiming third place, after the two British drivers had vied thrillingly in the final third. Oscar Piastri was in fourth for McLaren, the rookie’s best finish. George Russell was fifth for Mercedes with Sergio Pérez in sixth.
The home crowd briefly had been hugely buoyed and erupted in cheers when Norris took the lead from the off but the ultimate pace of the Red Bull could not be denied and once Verstappen had retaken the lead he did not relinquish it.