British Grand Prix

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from Silverstone, for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2022...

The cars were fast, the guys did a good job, the pit-stops were good, so what we need to do now is a very good qualifying and a very good race and then we’re back in the game.” Luckily, I only damaged my front wing and was able to get back to the pits with the red flag and continue to race with the restart. "We lost a little bit of time in the pit stop, and then I was chasing, and chasing, and chasing, but the pace was great on both sets of tyres and then at the end there it was just a little bit difficult. I had a really great run on the second restart and could see the fans cheering for me in the stands, which was awesome to see. In addition, he experienced a DRS failure that required an additional pit-stop mid race and required him to run without the DRS in the second half of the race. Lewis on the other had a great start moving to 3rd so it was a shame that he was put back into fifth for the restart from where we dropped a further position. On the other hand, we can be pleased that we were fighting at the front after a very tough start to our season and a lot of hard work from everyone in Brackley and Brixworth to recover a huge performance gap. I asked the marshals to leave the car and next thing, when I got back, the car was on the back of the flatbed which meant I couldn’t restart. This year is going to be a pretty tough one to win but we just need to get our house in order to be properly on top of the car’s performance. It was unfortunate because I think it would have been a fantastic race for him today, but every point counts and he fought as hard for P7 as he would for the win. "The car was a handful to drive, I tried to find a good aero balance but it was difficult. “To get back to winning, especially at such a demanding track as Silverstone, is particularly pleasing and confirms that we have worked well this season, both at the track and back in Maranello. Carlos had a great weekend, in which he also secured his first pole position.

Formula 1 narrowly avoided disaster twice within minutes at the British Grand Prix, with both Guanyu Zhou's crash and the on-track protest.

SILVERSTONE: Protesters stormed the Silverstone track after a massive opening lap crash at the British Grand Prix on Sunday (Jul 3) brought out a red flag ...

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Northamptonshire Police say it is "really disappointed" the group had "ignored its warnings".

It is incredibly disappointing that anyone would make the decision to do this. Ch Insp Tom Thompson said: "I'm really disappointed that this group of people ignored our warnings prior to race-day and made the incredibly dangerous decision to enter the track. Northamptonshire Police said it was "really disappointed" that the group made the "incredibly dangerous decision" to enter the Silverstone track on Sunday.

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He had to make the best of it but even with a change to fresh intermediates wasn’t a Q1 threat and ended up just over half-a-second off Magnussen. Took the restart eighth and was quickly shuffled back to 10th by Verstappen and Schumacher, admitting after the race that it would have been wise to pit for softs as planned. Got in two push laps after switching to a second set of inters in Q1 and was comfortably quicker than Schumacher, but it wasn’t enough for Q2. Unfortunately, he ran a little wide on his first push lap at Abbey and spun through the gravel, touching the barrier with the right rear. Didn’t make much progress in the race, opting to take both starts on mediums and then switching to hards but he struggled with understeer throughout. A straightforward but well-executed race for Alonso. He took possession of sixth place early on after reclaiming the spot Gasly took from him through Brooklands and Luffield on the restart lap. After a couple of mixed-bag qualifying sessions – in Montreal through no fault of his own – this was a return to form. Made little progress in the race, with any hope of points evaporating with his short stint on hards prior to making a second stop for softs. Verstappen’s problem handed him back the lead, but he didn’t quite have Leclerc’s pace and was eventually ordered to let him past. Time lost to a mistake at Turn 3 put him on the back foot early on his final lap, leaving him seventh. Russell felt he was at his most confident in Q1, but by the time he got to Q3, he was struggling more. That meant he was in the thick of it when the race restarted, battling his way past Hamilton and Leclerc – getting his elbows out along the way – to bag second place.

A group of protesters breached the track on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix and were on the circuit when cars came past.

These people were immediately removed and the matter is now being dealt with by the local authorities." "Thankfully we had plans in place for an eventuality such as this and the group were swiftly removed and arrested by our officers. It is incredibly disappointing that anyone would make the decision to do this. I just said big up the protestors. "We offered to facilitate a peaceful event at the circuit but they instead chose to put the lives of the drivers, marshals and volunteers at risk. SILVERSTONE -- A group of protesters breached the track on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix and were on the circuit when cars came past.