British GP: The Red Bull reign continues

I just have one question after the British Grand Prix, and it is to all the McLaren fans reading this: How are you feeling?

British and McLaren fans went crazy when Lando Norris passed the checkered flag in his Papaya machine in 2^nd place. The British driver had also led the race partly after overtaking Max Verstappen at the start.

McLaren hadn’t looked like one of the fastest teams during the practice sessions. Still, during qualifying they showed their strength when Norris qualified on the front row along with Verstappen in his dominant Red Bull and Oscar Piastri qualified behind him in P3.

Mercedes looked to be having troubles with their new front wing after struggling throughout every session, George Russel started the race in P6 and his teammate Lewis Hamilton started in P7.

The Ferraris started close with Charles Leclerc in P4 and Carlos Sainz in P5 but didn’t have the best of races because of a combination of strategy and the safety car and finished the race in 9^th and 10^th.

Hamilton went off the track at some point during the first few corners which caused him to fall to 9^th place but with a good strategy, skills, and the safety car he found himself in the last podium position.

Fans were treated to another Fernando Alonso and Hamilton battle as they fought for 7^th place, the Aston Martins weren’t having a great weekend because of lost speed after their upgrades a couple of races before.

Alpine suffered a double DNF after Esteban Ocon retires with an engine problem near the start of the race and Pierre Gasly limped back to the garage after colliding with Lance Stroll. The Aston Martin driver received a 5-second penalty for the collision.

Sergio Perez was storming through the field after his terrible Saturday, the Mexican started 15^th and finished 6^th, the Red Bull driver’s skills were helped by his strategy and the safety car which bunched up the pack.

The safety car was caused by Kevin Magnussen’s Haas stopping on track after smoke and fire blew out of the back with what was presumed to be an engine problem.

At the restart Verstappen stormed ahead leaving Norris and Hamilton to fight for 2^nd place but the McLaren was too fast for the Mercedes to make the move.

Florence Pugh waved the checkered flag for Red Bull to take their 11^th consecutive win and Verstappen his 6^th successive win.

Norris was unsurprisingly voted driver of the day and after the fastest lap point, ping-ponged between the driver it settled on Verstappen.

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