The 2023 British Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 11th round of the 2023 season taking place at Silverstone between the 7th and 9th of July.

The event timetable for the British Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 12:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
2nd Practice 16:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
3rd Practice 11:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

[cmlean]

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:28.600	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:29.048	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
3	1:29.089	Alexander Albon	Williams
4	1:29.268	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
5	1:29.280	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
6	1:29.319	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
7	1:29.357	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
8	1:29.441	Lando Norris	McLaren
9	1:29.471	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
10	1:29.658	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
11	1:29.691	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
12	1:29.768	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
13	1:29.828	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
14	1:29.874	George Russell	Mercedes
15	1:30.090	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
16	1:30.092	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
17	1:30.124	Logan Sargeant	Williams
18	1:30.321	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
19	1:30.385	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
20	1:30.591	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas

[cmlean]

The biggest complaint throughout the session was a lack of grip. This is probably due to the track temperature being near 40C.

[cmlean]

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:28.078	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:28.100	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
3	1:28.296	Alexander Albon	Williams
4	1:28.342	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	1:28.766	Logan Sargeant	Williams
6	1:28.866	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
7	1:28.880	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
8	1:28.889	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
9	1:28.926	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
10	1:29.134	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
11	1:29.225	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
12	1:29.238	George Russell	Mercedes
13	1:29.242	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
14	1:29.260	Lando Norris	McLaren
15	1:29.283	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
16	1:29.378	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
17	1:29.439	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
18	1:29.483	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
19	1:29.571	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTaur
20	No Time		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari

[cmlean]

Biggest surprise is the Friday speed of both the Williams drivers with both finishing the session in the top 5.

[cmlean]

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:27.419	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
2	1:27.592	Alexander Albon	Williams
3	1:27.784	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
4	1:27.893	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
5	1:27.948	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	1:27.964	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	1:28.151	Logan Sargeant	Williams
8	1:28.266	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
9	1:28.284	George Russell	Mercedes
10	1:28.337	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
11	1:28.504	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
12	1:28.563	Lando Norris	McLaren
13	1:28.620	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
14	1:28.904	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
15	1:29.207	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
16	1:29.233	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
17	1:29.437	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
18	1:29.586	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
19	1:33.590	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
20	No Time		Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo

[cmlean]

FP3 commenced in fine conditions with rain imminent. The weather forecast proved true around the 20 minute mark of the session. Lando Norris stayed out on slicks and later, others joined him on intermediates. The conditions remained similar for the remainder of the session.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:26.720	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:26.961	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	1:27.092	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
4	1:27.136	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	1:27.148	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	1:27.155	George Russell	Mercedes
7	1:27.211	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
8	1:27.530	Alexander Albon	Williams
9	1:27.659	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
10	1:27.689	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
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11	1:28.896	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
12	1:28.935	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
13	1:28.956	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
14	1:29.031	Logan Sargeant	Williams
15	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
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16	1:29.968	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
17	1:30.025	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
18	1:30.123	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
19	1:30.513	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
20	1:32.378	Kevin Magnussen	Haas

[cmlean]

What an end to Q1!
Kevin Magnussen brought out the red flags with just over 3 minutes left in the session. All remaining cars drivers returned to the pits before a final assault to make it through to Q2. It was difficult to keep up with the continually changing leaderboard and Sergio Perez, initially the fastest as the chequered flag dropped, falling down to land in position 16 and missing out on progressing through to the next stage. Valtteri Bottas then stopped on track and was later excluded from the results for failing to provide the required fuel sample.
Q3 began with Max Verstappen the only driver bringing in 2 new sets of soft tyres into the session. He set the time for all to chase on his first run. The conclusion of the session saw the Ferrari pair move into positions 2 and 3 before being quickly relegated by the Mclaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, who found the pace to take positions 1 and 3. Max then did what he and his Red Bull do best and took the pole.
It was a truly fantastic session which hopefully will give us an exciting race.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
5	George Russell	Mercedes
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
8	Alexander Albon	Williams
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
11	Logan Sargeant	Williams
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
17	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault

Next: Round of Hungary '23
Date: July 21-23 2023

[cmlean]

What a finish to a great race!
Kevin Magnussen brings out initially a virtual safety car late in the race causing a flurry of pit stops that turned the race on its head. This then begame a full safety car which made the run to the chequered flag on softs a bit easier for those who made that choice.
Biggest winner in the safety car stakes would have to be Lewis Hamilton who, at the time hadn't stopped for tyres.
Losers would be both Oscar Piastri and George Russell who both pitted under green and lost their 3rd and 4th positions in the shuffle.
Lance Stroll incurred a 5 second penalty for causing a collision which took out Pierre Gasly.