Sainz Jr. wins 1st career F1 race with British GP victory
SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Carlos Sainz Jr. received his his first profession Method One race on Sunday with a victory on the British Grand Prix — essentially the most dramatic race to date this season. It started with a daunting first-lap crash and ended with intense wheel-to-wheel battles for the rostrum positions.
Sainz was within the lead with Charles Leclerc shut behind and, whereas Ferrari at first mentioned they had been “free to struggle,” the Italian crew then requested Sainz to let Leclerc previous to keep away from shedding time to Lewis Hamilton.
However a security automotive got here out and Ferrari introduced Sainz into the pits for more energizing, grippier comfortable tires. Leclerc was left on older, arduous tires and Sainz quickly handed his teammate to regain the lead and draw back for his first victory in his a hundred and fiftieth F1 begin.
“We did it. Sure! We did it! Sure! Vamos!” Sainz radioed Ferrari.
Sergio Pérez handed Hamilton and Leclerc after the restart and crossed the end line second behind Sainz, however confronted an inquiry for reducing a chicane. Hamilton was briefly second after passing each Pérez and Leclerc in a three-wide transfer, however he couldn’t maintain place and dropped again to fourth.
Hamilton then surged previous Leclerc in a fierce struggle for third place. He additionally led laps Sunday for the primary time this season. Leclerc was later seen being spoken to privately by Ferrari crew principal Mattia Binotto.
The race was stopped on the opening lap due to a daunting multi-car crash that despatched Guanyu Zhou’s automotive upside-down right into a fence. He was handled on the medical middle and Williams driver Alexander Albon was flown to a hospital for an analysis after hitting a wall in the identical incident.
Max Verstappen, the defending F1 champion and present standings chief, dropped out of the lead with harm to his Purple Bull after operating over particles. He struggled for grip and completed seventh.
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