Max Verstappen won 2023 British Grand Prix to extend his title lead, as Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton shone on home soil.
Verstappen lost the lead at the start to Norris but regained the lead into Brooklands on Lap 5, from which he set the pace until the Safety Car was deployed on Lap 33 after Haas’ Kevin Magnussen suffered a fiery power unit failure on the Wellington Straight.
The two-time champion pitted under the Safety Car on Lap 34 as did Norris and Hamilton, and ultimately sprinted away to victory ahead of the British pair as Norris fought off Hamilton to finish second.
Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Alex Albon, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz rounded out the top ten.
In the drivers’ standings, Verstappen extended his title lead over Perez to 99 points after he also took the bonus point for fastest lap, as Alonso remains third ahead of Hamilton and Sainz.
Red Bull extended their title lead in the Constructors’ standings to 203 points ahead of Mercedes as Aston Martin and Ferrari sit third and fourth, whilst McLaren benefitted from Alpine’s double retirement to jump up to fifth.
At lights out, Verstappen made an uncharacteristically slow start which allowed Norris to seize the lead into Abbey to the jubilation of the home crowd, whilst Russell improved to fifth on softs ahead of Sainz and Hamilton slipped to ninth after running wide.
Norris proceeded to hold off Verstappen until the two-time champion utilised DRS into Brooklands on Lap 5 to take the lead on the inside line.
McLaren consequently instructed Norris and Piastri to hold position as fourth-placed Leclerc struggled to match their pace, which led the Monegasque to pit on Lap 19 as he attempted to fight off Russell but he re-joined 12th.
Leclerc though wasn’t able to warm up his tyres quickly enough and couldn’t pass Stroll until Lap 25 but crucially stayed ahead of Russell, after the Brit pitted at the end of Lap 28 and suffered a slow stop in his change to medium tyres.
Russell though got the switchback out of Brooklands on Lap 31 and swept round the outside of Leclerc’s Ferrari through Luffield to take eighth,
The Virtual Safety Car (VSC) was deployed on Lap 33 after Magnussen pulled over on the Wellington Straight with a power unit failure, which led Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton and Alonso to pit from lead with the former trio staying in position as Hamilton jumped Piastri for third.
Norris though pitted for the hard tyre whilst Verstappen and Hamilton pitted for soft tyres in first and third respectively, ahead of Piastri who like Norris was on hard tyres after the Australia pitted on Lap 30 .
Alonso meanwhile re-joined sixth behind Russell as several drivers pitted for soft tyres, with Leclerc failing to jump Albon who pitted at same time as the Williams driver managed to stay ahead of Leclerc in ninth and tenth once everyone pitted.
Racing resumed at the end of Lap 38 as Verstappen backed Norris into Hamilton and sprinted away unchallenged, leaving Norris to fend off Hamilton and Piastri likewise with Russell, who was left in “impressive” awe of Norris and Piastri’s defending on the hard tyre.
Perez and Albon meanwhile cleared Sainz on the hard tyre out of Club onto the start/finish straight at start of Lap 44, with Leclerc following through at Turn 3.
Up front, Verstappen sprinted to a comfortable victory in his 150th race for Red Bull, which also marked his first win at Silverstone under the British Grand Prix name – having previously won the 70th Anniversary GP at Silverstone in 2020.
Norris fought off Hamilton in a double British podium in second and third place respectively, whilst Oscar Piastri recorded his best F1 finish yet with a fourth-placed result ahead of Russell.
Perez finished sixth – having started 15th – after he passed Alonso into Stowe on Lap 46, with the Spaniard fending off Albon and Leclerc to finish seventh as Sainz rounded out the top ten,
F1 now heads to Hungary across the weekend of 21-23 July for 2023 Hungarian GP at the Hungaroring, which is followed by the Belgian GP at Spa Francorchamps a week later across 28-30 July prior to the summer break.
| Position | Driver | Team | Laps | Time |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 52 | 1h 25m 16.938 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 52 | + 3.798 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 52 | + 6.783 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 52 | + 7.776 |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 52 | + 11.206 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 52 | + 12.882 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 52 | + 17.193 |
| 8 | Alex Albon | Williams | 52 | + 17.878 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 52 | + 18.689 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 52 | + 19.448 |
| 11 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 52 | + 23.632 |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 52 | + 25.830 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 52 | + 26.663 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 52 | + 27.483 |
| 15 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 52 | + 29.820 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 52 | + 31.225 |
| 17 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | 52 | + 33.128 |
| RET | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 46 | Suspension |
| RET | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 32 | Power Unit |
| RET | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 9 | Hydraulic |
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