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Sebastian Vettel won one of the most extraordinary duels of the season at Silverstone, venue of the British Grand Prix. A win at the home of rival Lewis Hamilton, also in a remarkable performance although frustrating for not having won the triumph.
Matthew Childs
Vettel's victory was built from a masterful start where he beat Lewis and took the front of the race. He gave up that advantage when in a car safety situation, he went a second time to boxing to put a final, younger and more flexible tire game than leader Valtteri Bottas, but sitting on a harder compound who did not give him a chance to withstand the final assault of the German to regain the lead and with that 51st career win equaling the victory of Formula 1 by Alain Prost.
But the afternoon began dramatically on the first round for Hamilton. Not only did he lose command at the start and second place for teammate Valtteri Bottas, but it is at the third corner that the worst has occurred.
Matthew Childs
Raikkonen took his car inside but there was a contact between the two tires of the car. Hamilton turned and let the loophole go back to the track in last place of the pack. (click on the photo below to view the incident)
Raikkonen, who was responsible for the incident, was penalized in 10 seconds in the race when he suffered a Stop & Go during his first pit stop and 2 penalty points. in your sports card.
From that moment on, he climbed places, forward and backward, still enjoying a double-car safety situation to bring men back from the front.
Already with a pit stop achieved but with average placed compound tires, Red Bull and Ferrari have seen here the opportunity to return to boxing for a new pitstop and the placement of new, more flexible tires that would allow a stronger tempo at the end.
But Mercedes did not do it. He kept his two men on the track with a better position, but with slower and more expensive compounds.
If in the past Mercedes made strategic mistakes that were already costing him and his drivers, this time she had no other choice. The team had no soft compounds available to give their riders, had all used them in previous sessions of the weekend and chose to be more conservative when asked the number of softer tires at the FIA for this race. There was an error in the tire strategy requested months ago for this GP, today, under the circumstances, hands and legs were tied.
Bottas then faced the last 10 laps, ahead of Vettel, Hamilton being 3rd, ahead of Verstappen, Raikkonen and Ricciardo.
Matthew Childs
And for Hamilton things were not bad, because in reality he was resisting those who were behind him, still benefiting from Bottas having imploded in his worn tires.
The Finn has twice defended himself at Brooklands but in the third attempt at 6 laps from the finish, caught the Mercedes man who did not defend as he could . (See overtaking by clicking on the photo below)
Hamilton climbed to 2nd place and Raikkonen made a very strong attack by passing Verstappen on arm and Bottas to finish 3rd on a Ferrari double podium at Silverstone that had not happened since 2004 when Schumacher won and Barrichello was 3rd.
Hamilton suffered punctual injury at the World Championship, is now 8 points behind Vettel in the championship. But in the end, he criticized Ferrari, as did his teammate Toto Wolff. "Interesting tactics, I would say on this side, but we will do our best to fight them and improve in the next races," he said.
The frustration was great, even because it's the second time in 3 races that Mercedes men are being hit by Ferrari drivers. Vettel and Raikkonen were penalized in time for the incidents but Mercedes lost points in the championship, defends Mercedes.
Verstappen, who got involved with Raikkonen further in a duel for 4th place, finished in the last moments to leave. An error and a top left him out of the lead group of the race when he finished fifth. But a problem with the brake pedal stuck pushed him to give up.
Ricciardo inherited this position, Nico Hulkenberg with Renault closed in 6th, after having gone from 11th to the race, Esteban Ocon to Force India was 7th, Fernando Alonso took the McLaren in 8th place, coming from 13th place [19659004] FINAL CLASSIFICATION GP OF ENGLAND
Now Vettel has 171 points, Hamilton 163, Raikkonen 116, Ricciardo 106, Bottom 104, Verstappen 93, Hulkenberg 42 and Alonso 40. In orders from Ferrari builders with 287 points, Mercedes has 267, Red Bull 199, Renault 70 , Haas 51, McLaren and Force India have 48.
F1 had a sequence of 3 weekends followed by races. The championship is open but Ferrari takes the lead. Now we will have a break, but soon at the end of the month, two more will follow. Germany and Hungary are already here.
Andrew Yates
FACTS AND STATISTICS GP OF ENGLAND
* Sebastian Vettel – 51st career victory (4th in the 2018 season). Becomes the 3rd driver with more victories than ever in F1, corresponding to this brand Alain Prost. In front of him, there is only Schumacher and Hamilton
* Sebastian Vettel – 2nd victory at Silverstone (where he won in 2009 with Red Bull, which was only his 3rd F1 win at # 39; s time). He is also the first Ferrari driver to win at Silverstone since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
* Ferrari – 233rd victory in F1 (17th in England)
* Ferrari engines – 234th victory in F1
* Germany – 177th Victory F1
* Car # 5 – 142nd victory in F1 (the 17th by the hand of Vettel)
VITORIAS 2018
Vettel 4, Hamilton 3, Ricciardo 2, Verstappen 1
Ferrari 4, Mercedes 3, Red Bull 3
POLES
* Lewis Hamilton – 76th pole position in career (6th of 2018).
* Mercedes: 93rd History Pole, 8th (19659027) * Hamilton scores poles for 12 consecutive years
* Hamilton scores poles for 12 years in a row
( since 2007). Better than Michael Schumacher who scored posts in 13 consecutive years. From 1994 to 2006.
* Hamilton with Senna, is the only driver who has scored at least 10 poles in 3 seasons of F1. Lewis scored 11 poles in 2015, 12 in 2016 and now takes 11 poles in 2017. Senna scored 13 poles in 1988, 13 in 1989 and 16 in 1990
* Lewis equals the maximum number of poles of a pilot in his own country, 6 in #GPInglatyerra with the 6 of Ayrton Senna in #GPBrasil
POLES OF 2018
Vettel 4, Hamilton 4, Ricciardo 1, Botta 1
Mercedes 5, Ferrari 4, Red Bull 1
1ªFILAS OF 2018
Vettel 6, Hamilton 6, Bottas 4, Raikkonen 3, Ricciardo 1
Red Bull 1
* Sebastian Vettel – 34th fastest lap of the race. The first since the #GPMexico of 2017. It's only the 2nd time that the fastest lap is done at Silverstone.
* Ferrari engines – 249th fastest lap of the race
RETURN TO THE HIGH RAPIDAS OF ENGLAND
Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1: 30.795
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1: 31.245
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 31.377
Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1: 31.589
Max Verstappen Red Bull 1: 32.007
Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1: 33.405
Peter Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso 1: 33.465
Sergio Perez Force India 1: 33.472
Fernando Alonso McLaren 1: 33.482
FASTEST TRANSFERS 2018
Ricciardo 3, Bottas 3, Verstappen 2, Raikkonen 1, Vettel 1
Red Bull 5, Mercedes 3, Ferrari 2
* Sebastian Vettel – 105th podium in career. He is 1 of Alain Prost, to become the 3rd driver of all time with more podiums (more than Schumacher and Hamilton). It was his 51st P1 in the race.
* Lewis Hamilton – 124th career podium. It was the 34th time in P2, 1 of the record of Alain Prost
* Kimi Raikkonen – 97th career podium, corresponding to the podium record of Fernando Alonso. It was the 41st time in P3, which is an all-time record in F1.
* Mercedes – 165th podium of history
* Ferrari engines – 745th podium of history
* Mercedes engines – 433rd podium of l & # 39; history. history
* United Kingdom: 655th podium in history
PODIOS OF 2018:
Hamilton 7, Vettel 6, Raikkonen 6, Bottle 4, Verstappen 4, Ricciardo 2, Perez 1
Ferrari 12, Mercedes 11, Red Bull 6, Force India 1
PIT STOPS
* England GP – 28 Pitstops
* BEST PRICES
* Wins in PIT STOPS 2017:
By escuderias:
Red Bull 4, Sauber 3, Mercedes 1, Ferrari 1, Williams 1
* TOTAL PITSTOPS OF 2018 = 246
Well stops -> AUS 20 BAH 33 CHI 20 AZE 35 ESP 21 MON 26 CAN 20 ENG 20 AUS 23 ING 28
* GP of England – 63 overtaking, 22 with DRS and 1 for GP control
| ULTRAPASSAGENS | TOT | DRS | LEAD | ||||||
| GP Australia |
15 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| GP Bahrain |
86 | 31 | 1 | ||||||
| GP China |
79 | 23 | 2 | ||||||
| GP Azerbaijan |
70 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| GP Spain |
18 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| GP Monaco |
18 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| GP Canada |
30 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| GP France |
81 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| GP Austria |
71 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| GP England |
63 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| GP Germany |
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| GP Hungary |
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| GP Belgium |
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| GP Italy |
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| GP Singapore |
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| GP Russia |
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| GP Japan |
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| GP United States |
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| GP Mexico |
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| GP | Formerly, Abu Dab of |
TOTALLY | 531 |
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