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2020 F1 British Grand Prix race results
Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix for Mercedes, despite a last-lap tyre failure at Silverstone.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Aug 2, 2020, 3:34 PM
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Hamilton was leading comfortably, when his left-front tyre delaminated on the very final lap and he had to drag his car around on three wheels to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
There was drama before the start when Nico Hulkenberg, subbing for the Covid-positive Sergio Perez at Racing Point, suffered a technical problem and couldn’t start the race when the power unit refused to start up.
Hamilton held off his faster-starting teammate Valtteri Bottas into the first corner, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc duelled over third behind them. Verstappen made a move stick into Brooklands to claim the place.
A safety car was required at the end of the opening lap, as Red Bull’s Alex Albon punted the Haas of Kevin Magnussen into a spin at the final corner, and the latter's car hit the tyrewall and its left-front corner was torn off. Albon was given a 5s time penalty for causing the collision.
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Hamilton led Bottas and Verstappen but the safety car was out again on Lap 13 when Daniil Kvyat suffered a huge crash at Maggots, saying he clipped a kerb. He stepped unscathed from his wrecked car.
The Mercedes cars were forced to double stack in the pits, but Verstappen wasn’t close enough to jump Bottas. The order remained: Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen and Leclerc. Romain Grosjean was the only car not to stop, and was elevated to fifth, ahead of Carlos Sainz (McLaren) and Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), the latter being passed by the second McLaren of Lando Norris at Luffield at the Lap 19 restart.
Sainz had to battle his way past an obstinate Grosjean, who received a black-and-white flag for swerving towards him at Stowe. Grosjean then did a similar move on Ricciardo, before finally pitting and dropping back to the tail of the field.
At the front, Hamilton pulled well clear of Bottas – although both Mercedes drivers complained of blistered tyres. Verstappen could have taken a ‘free’ pitstop but decided to keep the pressure on the Mercedes – albeit 10s behind.
Bottas’s pace fell off sharply towards the end, and his left-front tyre blew with three laps to go, promoting Verstappen to second. Bottas fell to 12th.
Hamilton’s left-front then blew on the final lap, but he just held on to win from Verstappen, who pitted for fresh tyres in response to Bottas' troubles. Had he stayed out, he would have won.
Hamilton won by 5.8s from Verstappen, with Leclerc third. Sainz’s left-front blew on the penultimate lap, promoting Ricciardo to fourth, ahead of Norris, Ocon, Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Albon, Stroll and Vettel, with Bottas finishing 11th. Sainz was 13th.
F1 British Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h Points 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 52 1:28'01.283 25 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 52 1:28'07.139 5.856 5.856 19 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 52 1:28'19.757 18.474 12.618 15 4 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 52 1:28'20.933 19.650 1.176 12 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 52 1:28'23.560 22.277 2.627 10 6 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 52 1:28'28.220 26.937 4.660 8 7 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 52 1:28'32.471 31.188 4.251 6 8 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 52 1:28'33.953 32.670 1.482 4 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 52 1:28'38.594 37.311 4.641 2 10 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 52 1:28'43.140 41.857 4.546 1 11 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 52 1:28'43.450 42.167 0.310 12 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 52 1:28'53.287 52.004 9.837 13 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 52 1:28'54.653 53.370 1.366 14 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 52 1:28'55.488 54.205 0.835 15 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 52 1:28'55.832 54.549 0.344 16 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 52 1:28'56.333 55.050 0.501 17 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 51 1 lap Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 11 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 0 Nico Hulkenberg
Racing Point Mercedes 0 View full results
F1 British Grand Prix fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 52 1'27.097 243.494 2 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 52 1'28.689 1.592 1.592 239.123 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 45 1'29.238 2.141 0.549 237.652 4 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 41 1'29.265 2.168 0.027 237.580 5 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 49 1'29.482 2.385 0.217 237.004 6 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 50 1'29.491 2.394 0.009 236.980 7 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 52 1'29.603 2.506 0.112 236.684 8 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 49 1'29.782 2.685 0.179 236.212 9 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 49 1'29.813 2.716 0.031 236.130 10 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 47 1'29.948 2.851 0.135 235.776 11 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 49 1'29.973 2.876 0.025 235.710 12 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 41 1'30.058 2.961 0.085 235.488 13 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 44 1'30.475 3.378 0.417 234.402 14 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 44 1'30.501 3.404 0.026 234.335 15 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 44 1'30.537 3.440 0.036 234.242 16 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 41 1'30.862 3.765 0.325 233.404 17 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 49 1'30.977 3.880 0.115 233.109 18 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 11 1'32.443 5.346 1.466 229.412 View full results
F1 British Grand Prix tyre history chart
Cla Driver Chassis Engine 1 2 3 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes M 16 H 39 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda M 16 H 37 S 5 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari M 16 H 39 4 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault S 15 H 40 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault S 15 H 40 6 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault S 15 H 40 7 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda M 12 H 40 8 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda M 6 H 24 M 25 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes M 16 H 39 10 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari S 15 H 40 11 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes M 16 H 37 S 5 12 George Russell
Williams Mercedes M 12 H 40 13 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault S 16 H 38 M 1 14 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 12 H 40 15 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes M 12 H 40 16 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari M 36 H 16 17 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 12 H 35 S 4 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda M 11 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari M 0 Nico Hulkenberg
Racing Point Mercedes H 0 View full results
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