Charles Leclerc added a second win for Ferrari in three races at a dramatic British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Mercedes’ George Russell completed second and Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton third of their dwelling race.
Kimi Antonelli, who received his first dash on Saturday, ended the race in sixteenth after automobile issues, decreasing his lead over Russell to 25 factors.
BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson solutions your newest questions after a race which completed underneath the security automobile after Max Verstappen crashed out.
Did Components 1 miss a trick with the ending of the British GP? Ought to they be what occurred in an identical scenario at this 12 months’s Indy 500? To keep away from ending behind the security automobile, they red-flagged the race to allow restoration earlier than then restarting the race and ending underneath green-flag circumstances – Matthew
That is a kind of conditions the place everybody has their very own opinion, every view has its validity, however F1 as a sport has agreed a sure method based mostly on the teachings of the previous.
In an excellent world, it will be higher when it comes to leisure if races didn’t end underneath a security automobile. It may be argued that it’s anti-climactic.
On the similar time, it is arduous to argue that the British Grand Prix lacked drama and pleasure, however the truth that it ended underneath warning.
Take a step again, and the problem right here is the laws across the security automobile and its operation.
These have been constructed up over a few years and developed to the purpose that the FIA, Components 1 and the groups are glad with them, whereas all the time being open to enhancements.
F1 has realized the teachings of Abu Dhabi 2021. The context there was that it had been agreed that it was, in splendid circumstances, preferable for races to not finish underneath a security automobile.
The issue in that race was that the race director on the time set about making an attempt to make sure the race ended underneath a inexperienced flag, considering that was the proper factor to do, however he made a sequence of errors in doing so, together with ignoring the foundations.
I’ve seen individuals say that the race director is free to function the security automobile as they want. That is a misinterpretation – they’re free to function it as they want underneath the foundations as they stand.
That is what Michael Masi acquired fallacious in Abu Dhabi. The race director cannot simply make up the foundations. In any other case, why have them?
Now, sure, the race director on Sunday at Silverstone may have chosen to red-flag the race when Verstappen crashed at Stowe. Some could effectively have most well-liked him to.
But when Verstappen’s incident had occurred on, say, lap 25 quite than lap 48, would it not have been a crimson flag? Nearly actually not.
So, why ought to or not it’s a crimson flag with 4 laps to go simply because the race would possibly finish underneath the security automobile?
There’s a query of sporting integrity right here. Any selection by a race director on this scenario has the potential to vary the outcome.
On this case, George Russell didn’t cease for tyres, and he gained a spot because of it. Had the race been red-flagged, everybody would have been free to vary tyres, there would have been a re-start. Positions may effectively have modified once more.
Who’s to say which of those conditions is correct or fallacious, preferable or not? And even the drivers might be conflicted on this, relying on their very own private scenario.
Race-winner Charles Leclerc mentioned: ‘It isn’t nice for the followers which are right here across the monitor. Within the helmet, I used to be form of completely satisfied that there was not a restart to maintain that win.”
Russell mentioned: “In fact it is a disgrace for any race to complete underneath the security automobile. However then you definately return to Abu Dhabi ’21, and that’s simply how racing goes.
“No one can plan for any person to have an incident, and the best way F1 cope with it and FIA cope with it should not be any completely different on the finish of the race in comparison with the beginning of the race.
“Clearly, there was a number of chat post-Abu Dhabi ’21. Should you really take a look at the variety of races which have completed underneath the security automobile over the previous 20 years, it is not really rather a lot. So, it’s a disgrace, however what are you able to do? I do not assume it ought to be completely different.”
Mercedes staff principal Toto Wolff mentioned: “Generally it does not give for essentially the most thrilling finale. Definitely from a spectacle standpoint, all people would have cherished to see Lewis (Hamilton) on a comfortable (tyre) towards us and possibly preventing with Leclerc. However it is a sport. Present follows sport and never the opposite method round.”
