2020 F1 British Grand Prix race results

Hamilton was leading comfortably, when his left-front tyre delaminated on the very final lap and he had to drag his car around on three wheels to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

There was drama before the start when Nico Hulkenberg, subbing for the Covid-positive Sergio Perez at Racing Point, suffered a technical problem and couldn’t start the race when the power unit refused to start up.

Hamilton held off his faster-starting teammate Valtteri Bottas into the first corner, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc duelled over third behind them. Verstappen made a move stick into Brooklands to claim the place.

A safety car was required at the end of the opening lap, as Red Bull’s Alex Albon punted the Haas of Kevin Magnussen into a spin at the final corner, and the latter's car hit the tyrewall and its left-front corner was torn off. Albon was given a 5s time penalty for causing the collision.

Hamilton led Bottas and Verstappen but the safety car was out again on Lap 13 when Daniil Kvyat suffered a huge crash at Maggots, saying he clipped a kerb. He stepped unscathed from his wrecked car.

The Mercedes cars were forced to double stack in the pits, but Verstappen wasn’t close enough to jump Bottas. The order remained: Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen and Leclerc. Romain Grosjean was the only car not to stop, and was elevated to fifth, ahead of Carlos Sainz (McLaren) and Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), the latter being passed by the second McLaren of Lando Norris at Luffield at the Lap 19 restart.

Sainz had to battle his way past an obstinate Grosjean, who received a black-and-white flag for swerving towards him at Stowe. Grosjean then did a similar move on Ricciardo, before finally pitting and dropping back to the tail of the field.

At the front, Hamilton pulled well clear of Bottas – although both Mercedes drivers complained of blistered tyres. Verstappen could have taken a ‘free’ pitstop but decided to keep the pressure on the Mercedes – albeit 10s behind.

Bottas’s pace fell off sharply towards the end, and his left-front tyre blew with three laps to go, promoting Verstappen to second. Bottas fell to 12^th.

Hamilton’s left-front then blew on the final lap, but he just held on to win from Verstappen, who pitted for fresh tyres in response to Bottas' troubles. Had he stayed out, he would have won.

Hamilton won by 5.8s from Verstappen, with Leclerc third. Sainz’s left-front blew on the penultimate lap, promoting Ricciardo to fourth, ahead of Norris, Ocon, Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Albon, Stroll and Vettel, with Bottas finishing 11^th. Sainz was 13th. 

F1 British Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	52	1:28'01.283				25
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	52	1:28'07.139	5.856	5.856		19
3	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	52	1:28'19.757	18.474	12.618		15
4	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	52	1:28'20.933	19.650	1.176		12
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	52	1:28'23.560	22.277	2.627		10
6	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	52	1:28'28.220	26.937	4.660		8
7	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1:28'32.471	31.188	4.251		6
8	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	52	1:28'33.953	32.670	1.482		4
9	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	52	1:28'38.594	37.311	4.641		2
10	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	52	1:28'43.140	41.857	4.546		1
11	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	52	1:28'43.450	42.167	0.310
12	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	52	1:28'53.287	52.004	9.837
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	52	1:28'54.653	53.370	1.366
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	52	1:28'55.488	54.205	0.835
15	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	52	1:28'55.832	54.549	0.344
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	52	1:28'56.333	55.050	0.501
17	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	51	1 lap
	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	11
	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	0
	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	0
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F1 British Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	52	1'27.097			243.494
2	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	52	1'28.689	1.592	1.592	239.123
3	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	45	1'29.238	2.141	0.549	237.652
4	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	41	1'29.265	2.168	0.027	237.580
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	49	1'29.482	2.385	0.217	237.004
6	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	50	1'29.491	2.394	0.009	236.980
7	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1'29.603	2.506	0.112	236.684
8	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	49	1'29.782	2.685	0.179	236.212
9	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	49	1'29.813	2.716	0.031	236.130
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	47	1'29.948	2.851	0.135	235.776
11	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	49	1'29.973	2.876	0.025	235.710
12	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	41	1'30.058	2.961	0.085	235.488
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	44	1'30.475	3.378	0.417	234.402
14	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	44	1'30.501	3.404	0.026	234.335
15	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	44	1'30.537	3.440	0.036	234.242
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	41	1'30.862	3.765	0.325	233.404
17	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	49	1'30.977	3.880	0.115	233.109
18	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	11	1'32.443	5.346	1.466	229.412
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F1 British Grand Prix tyre history chart

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	1		2		3
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	16	H	39
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	M	16	H	37	S	5
3	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	M	16	H	39
4	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	S	15	H	40
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	S	15	H	40
6	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	S	15	H	40
7	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	M	12	H	40
8	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	M	6	H	24	M	25
9	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	M	16	H	39
10	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	S	15	H	40
11	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	16	H	37	S	5
12	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	M	12	H	40
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	S	16	H	38	M	1
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	12	H	40
15	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	M	12	H	40
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	M	36	H	16
17	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	12	H	35	S	4
	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	M	11
	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	M	0
	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	H	0
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