KartCMP1: British Grand Prix pre-race notes

A new era dawns upon Formula 1 with the arrival of Sprint Qualifying, as the stress of what is becoming a must win scenario intensifies at Mercedes.

• Date: 16 – 18 July 2021
• Circuit Length: 5.891km
• Race Distance: 306.198m
• Number of laps: 52
• Official Lap Record: 1:27.097 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Honda | 2020
• Turns: 18 (8 left, 10 right)
• DRS Zones: 2
• Tyre Compounds: C1-Hard | C2-Medium | C3-Soft [Hardest-Range]

• Sunshine and 27⁰C, fantastic weather in store for this weekend’s British GP.
• Saturday Sprint race, F1’s new race weekend format arrives at Silverstone.
• Lando Norris was unharmed but shaken after being mugged at the Euro 2020 finale.
• Alfa Romeo and Sauber sign multi-year agreement.
• Mark White to become Operations Director of Aston Martin F1 Team.
• Hamilton Commission makes 10 recommendations in first report on representation of black people in motorsport.
• F1 sets out three diversity and inclusion commitments.
• Roger Penske doesn’t see F1 at Indy for foreseeable future.
• Former F1 driver Carlos Reutemann dies aged 79.
• Australian GP has been cancelled.

• Lawrence Stroll [Aston Martin] “With the best tools and the best people, you need the best processes in any business in order to win, and that’s discipline, management, winning culture – something I’ve been able to instil very well in my previous organizations; And lastly you need the financial muscle and power to be able to fund points 1, 2 and 3.”
• Andreas Seidl [McLaren] “A big challenge is as well, to obviously have only one free practice session of one hour before the car is pretty much frozen in parc fermé so I guess more than ever the emphasis is being as prepared as possible, making sure you have a clean 60-minute session where you try not to go too fancy because you simply have no time to do big testing and so on.”
• Max Verstappen [Red Bull] “I'm hoping of course to come out of that race with 29 points."
• Toto Wolff [Mercedes] “I think we’re going to Silverstone, blow everyone away, finish one and two and 30 seconds away from everybody else.”
• Christian Horner [Red Bull] “It is great to see them finally pressurized and it is great to see that it is us that is enabled to take the fight to Mercedes.”

• Hamilton completes final lap in anger and wins with flat left front tyre | 2020
• “Pubegate”, Norris loses control of a joke from Riccardo during press-conference | 2019
• Charles Leclerc v. Max Verstappen - Austrian GP pay back | 2019
• Ferrari double trouble, two left front tyre failures within seconds | 2017
• Mark Webber v. Sebastian Vettel - slamming glass on table | 2010
• Hamilton’s first home win and a wet-weather masterclass | 2008
• “We’ve got a lunatic on the track down the Hanger straight” | 2003
• Michael Schumacher breaks a leg | 1999
• Michael Schumacher wins in pit lane as Ferrari outsmart the rules | 1998
• Nigel Mansell’s popular win at home | 1992

• Nish Shetty | F1 Steward
• Dennis Dean | FIA WMSC Member, F2, Formula E Steward
• Loïc Bacquelaine | Formula 3 Steward
• Emanuele Pirro | Former F1 Driver
• Eric Cowcill | National Steward

1. Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.01.283
2. Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | +5.856
3. Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +18.474
4. Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | +19.650
5. Lando Norris | McLaren Renault | +22.277
6. Esteban Ocon | Renault | +26.937
7. Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | +31.188
8. Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing Honda | +32.670
9. Lance Stroll | Racing Point Mercedes | +37.311
10. Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +41.857
11. Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +42.167
12. George Russell | Williams Mercedes | +52.004
13. Carlos Sainz | McLaren Renault | +53.370
14. Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Ferrari | +54.205
15. Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | +54.549
16. Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | +55.050
17. Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Ferrari | +1 LAP
18. Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri Honda | DNF
19. Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | DNF
20. Nico Hulkenberg | Racing Point Mercedes | DNS

• 2020 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes
• 2019 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes
• 2018 Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari
• 2017 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes
• 2016 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes

1. Max Verstappen | Red Bull Honda | 1:23:54.543
2. Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +17.973
3. Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | +20.019
4. Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +46.452
5. Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +57.144

• Max Verstappen

• Red Bull

• The FIA
• Kimi Raikkonen
• Lewis Hamilton

• Max Verstappen
• George Russell
• Lando Norris

1. 182 | Max Verstappen
2. 150 | Lewis Hamilton | -32
3. 104 | Sergio Perez | -78
4. 101 | Lando Norris | -81
5. 92 | Valtteri Bottas | -90
6. 62 | Charles Leclerc | -120
7. 60 | Carlos Sainz | -122
8. 40 | Daniel Ricciardo | -142
9. 39 | Pierre Gasly | -143
10. 30 | Sebastian Vettel | -152
11. 20 | Fernando Alonso | -162
12. 14 | Lance Stroll | -168
13. 12 | Esteban Ocon | -170
14. 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | -173
15. 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | -181
16. 1 | Antonio Giovinazzi | -181
17. 0 | George Russell | -182
18. 0 | Mick Schumacher | -182
19. 0 | Nikita Mazepin | -182
20. 0 | Nicholas Latifi | -182

1. 286 | Red Bull Honda
2. 242 | Mercedes | -44
3. 142 | McLaren Mercedes | -144
4. 122 | Ferrari | -164
5. 48 | AlphaTauri Honda | -238
6. 44 | Aston Martin Mercedes | -242
7. 32 | Alpine | -254
8. 2 | Alfa Romeo Ferrari | -284
9. 0 | Williams Mercedes | -286
10. 0 | Haas Ferrari | -286