Sainz finished 11 times in 2nd or 3rd place before winning and was frustrated by Verstappen in 2nd place in the last race in Canada.
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Silverstone, UK — Carlos Sainz Jr.'s first career Formula Winner One race on Sunday with a victory at the British Grand Prix — the most dramatic race ever this season. It started with a terrifying first lap crash and ended with a fierce wheel-to-wheel battle for podium positions.
Sainz is in the lead, Charles Claire is right behind, Ferrari initially said he could "fight freely", but the Italian team lost to Sainz. I asked him to overtake Leclerc so that he wouldn't. Time to Lewis Hamilton.
However, with the safety car coming out, Ferrari brought Sainz into the pits and sought a fresher, more gripping soft tire. With old hard tires on, Sainz quickly overtook his teammates to regain the lead, pulling him away for his first win at his 150th F1 start.
"Today's victory is a little reassuring," Sainz said. "To be honest, it was hard this year, but I kept believing that this dream would come." He finished 11 times in 2nd or 3rd place before winning and was frustrated by Verstappen in his final race in Canada. I was in second place.
Sergio Perez passed Hamilton and Leclerc after the restart and finished second only to Sainz. Hamilton was temporarily in second place after passing both Perez and Leclerc in a three-wide move, but was unable to maintain his position and returned to fourth place.
After that, Hamilton raided Leclerc in a battle for third place. He also led the lap on Sunday for the first time this season.
"I gave it all," said Hamilton, who was third in Canada two weeks ago and wanted Mercedes to make a comeback. The team was unable to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari to win this season, but additional upgrades to Mercedes were promising ahead of this weekend.
"There are some improvements, but this is a big bonus to get on the podium," Hamilton added.
Leclerc was later seen personally spoken by Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto. Leclerc said the result was "very, very disappointed" and discussed with Binotto why the team excluded him with old tires.
"I was asked not to get going (although I was able to change the tires). That's what I did," he told French broadcaster Canal Plus.
Defending F1 champion and current standings leader Max Verstappen, after overcoming debris, damaged Red Bull and dropped out of the lead. He had a hard time gripping and finished in 7th place.
Perez said his race was a "great comeback" after falling back early in the race after the front wing was damaged during the Leclerc and Verstappen races. The
race was flagged as soon as the race began, when the crash in the first corner required treatment for Zhou Guanyu and Alex Albon.
The car around turned over, cleared the tire barriers, and then hit the fence. Pierre Guthrie knocked George Russell's Mercedes on the backwheel of the lap and turned over Chinese driver Alfa Romeo. Albon was knocked sideways on the pit wall as the driver tried to avoid the crash.
Zhou was treated at the circuit's medical center, Alfa Romeo said he was not seriously injured, and Williams said Albon was taken to the hospital by helicopter for a "preventive check."
Russell, who hurriedly left the car with the help of laps, was unable to resume the race.
The "hello" device that protects the lap's head was scraped back into bare metal after passing through gravel, and part of the air intake behind the driver was torn.
A group of protesters against the oil industry rushed to the railroad tracks and sat down after the crash. Northamptonshire police said seven people had been arrested in protest.
After the race, Hamilton expressed his support for the protesters. "Make those guys bigger," he said. Mercedes is not fully aware of the situation at the time, and he "supports the right to protest, but jeopardizes their safety and the safety of others, not the method they chose. I'm doing it. "
Verstappen overtook Sainz on his first start, but when the race resumed after several car accidents involving the lap, he had to redo it all. Sainz came forward on his second start, but Verstappen took the lead when Sainz lost control on lap 10 and went off course.
Verstappen fell behind both Ferraris shortly after reporting a possible puncture due to debris.
Verstappen said his car had little grip and was "100% broken" and compared to "driving on ice", but the Red Bull team said it was safe to continue. I did.
When Verstappen was overtaken by Ferrari, the crowd cheered on Verstappen's misfortune. The Dutch driver isn't popular with some British fans after the two crashed at Silverstone after having a fierce rivalry with Hamilton in last year's title battle.
Former champion Nelson Piquet used racial slur and homosexual disgust to describe F1's only black driver, Hamilton, in last year's high-profile interview this week. did. Felstappen is dating Pique's daughter Kelly, and despite using "very unpleasant" language, he faces criticism from fans when he says Pique is not a racist. did.
Verstappen maintains the lead in the championship, but his advantage over second-placed Perez goes from 46 points to 34 points as Sainz finishes six straight wins at Red Bull. It has decreased. Leclerc is third behind Perez by 9 points.
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso — the only Spanish driver to win 32 races and win F1 outside of Sainz — was fifth for Alpine on Sunday with the best results of the season. did. Alonso was ahead of Lando Norris for McLaren and Verstappen. Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher's son, Mick Schumacher, scored eighth in Haas and Sebastian Vettel in Aston Martin, earning his first career points.
With Kevin Magnussen in 10th place, American Team Haas achieved their first double-point finish since 2019.
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