Sebastian Vettel was back in the stewards’ bad books after wiping out Max Verstappen in the British Grand Prix.
Here is how an eventful race day unfolded at Silverstone…
Guenther Steiner put on a smile for the media before the race.
Grid media chats with Guenther ?#HaasF1 #BritishGP pic.twitter.com/sdDsuacuLH
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) July 14, 2019
007 himself Daniel Craig was a prime target for said media – Christian Horner was keen to keep him for himself.
Red Bull had another James Bond guest lurking around the garage…
Blofeld's cat in the Red Bull garage ?
Wonder what he's listening too?! ?#BritishGP ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/zTOtGElcAT
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 14, 2019
The fun soon stopped though with the winners in Austria forced into a late scramble to change the rear wings on both cars.
Trouble for Verstappen. @redbullracing scrambling to make a rear wing change on teh grid. #F1 #BritishGP #BritishGrandPrix #Silverstone
— F1 Grid (@F1grid) July 14, 2019
Valtteri Bottas kept team-mate Lewis Hamilton behind off the line, while Charles Leclerc cleared Verstappen for P3.
Meanwhile Lando Norris emerged victorious in his opening-lap battle with Daniel Ricciardo for P7.
Haas’ woeful race form continued…
Haas update: OH GOD THEY'RE CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER NOW HOW CAN THIS GET ANY WORSE pic.twitter.com/6Ejk7F41ok
— iGP Manager (@iGPManager) July 14, 2019
What a show the Silver Arrows put on for us in the opening laps.
Lewis passes Bottas at Luffield, Bottas gets past with a great move on the inside of Copse. Great fight out in front between the Merc's – Bottas getting his elbows out!
— Nate Saunders (@natesaundersF1) July 14, 2019
It has been a difficult weekend for Sebastian Vettel, and it got a fair bit worse when Pierre Gasly passed him into Turn 3 to take P5, though the Frenchman dived into the pits on that lap to fit the hard tyre.
Giving it some gas! ? Pierre darts down the inside of VET and takes P5 ? #BritishGP pic.twitter.com/rVqPVgaHgz
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 14, 2019
Red Bull made it 2-0 on the Scuderia by getting Verstappen ahead in the pits, but a lock-up allowed the Ferrari man back through – pure drama! The mediums for Max meant he was going for the two-stop strategy.
LEC and VER pit – and are side by side down pit lane – and VER gets ahead. And then goes wide! LEC gets back in front. #BritishGP2019 #F1
— Maurice Hamilton (@MauriceHamilton) July 14, 2019
So yeah, Bottas pitted, but who cared about Mercedes when we were seeing a thrilling battle between Leclerc and Verstappen which arguably exceeded their Austria efforts.
And just when we thought this race couldn’t get any crazier – Antonio Giovinazzi beached his C38 in the gravel bringing out the Safety Car – Hamilton’s gamble to stay out worked a treat.
Valterri just got screwed by the safety car. This race is CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/YZKyXBK2FV
— iGP Manager (@iGPManager) July 14, 2019
It was a similar story for Leclerc who lost out to Vettel – after deciding to pit him a lap later he fell behind Gasly too.
Leclerc: How the hell did we lose a position?
Not a happy Charles after hearing he got overtaken by Verstappen due to the SC
?#BritishGP
— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) July 14, 2019
At this point it seemed like a Formula 1 dream as Verstappen and Leclerc continued to go back and forth after the restart. The Dutchman eventually won the latest heated battle as the pair touched wheels again.
Impressive how @Charles_Leclerc and @Max33Verstappen keep their cars on the track carrying such big balls. #F1 pic.twitter.com/RSmrAlRUei
— Giedo van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) July 14, 2019
Leclerc cleared Gasly, meanwhile, this happened….
A new front wing was needed for Vettel after he wiped out Verstappen – that sent the Ferrari man to the back.
?CONTACT!?
Verstappen gets past Vettel but then under braking, Vettel ploughs into the back of the Red Bull! Somehow both cars are still running!
?Live on Sky Sports F1
?Live on the App and Sky Go: https://t.co/BFwOUmJQSn
?Live blog: https://t.co/CkqLNAZAQx pic.twitter.com/8lp33vGM0x
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 14, 2019
A ten-second time penalty was awarded to Vettel for his troubles – not that it mattered in the context of his race.
After all the drama and chaos, it was Hamilton who took a sixth victory at his home race!
He even bagged the fastest lap at the end for an extra point.
Victory on home soil ?? @LewisHamilton took full advantage of a safety car period to take the #BritishGP win #F1 pic.twitter.com/xn8zjf2ZnK
— Australian Grand Prix #AusGP (@ausgrandprix) July 14, 2019
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