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Electrifying sprint race qualifying win for Verstappen claiming pole for British GP

by Thomas Chudleigh
July 18, 2021
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Max Verstappen has won the first ever Formula 1 sprint race experimental qualifying format ahead of top qualifier Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen has claimed pole position and won three championship points after winning a thrilling sprint race over the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Dutch driver’s brakes were flaming before the lights went green after an intense formation lap. According to the commentators it was an attempt to heat up the tyres in hopes to bring higher grip at the start. Regardless if the brake tactic worked the start was impressive, Verstappen sped into turn one ahead of Hamilton and continued to bridge the gap between the Mercedes as the race progressed.

After the change in leaders at the front of the pack the first lap definitely did not continue drama free. Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and Williams driver George Russell collided momentarily ending in Sainz being pushed off the racing line and down the order into 18th place. Sainz, who started 9th, quickly began to fight his way back up into a higher qualifying position and ended up finishing 11th only 2 places down from his starting position. Meanwhile, Russell held his ground in the top 10 only dropping one place to finish 9th equaling his best qualifying position for Williams. Continuing the first lap incidents, the two Haas drivers of Mich Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin came close to colliding but ended up avoiding a complete disaster resulting only in a spin for the 20th placed Mazepin who immediately continued afterwards.

Into lap 5 disaster struck for RedBull driver Sergio Perez as he over accelerated and spun his car resulting in a trip onto the grass and through the gravel trap narrowly avoiding the barriers. Perez re-entered the race in 19th place but after decisions by the mechanics further into the race his car was retired and he will start the British GP in 20th position tomorrow.

The two biggest position gainers from the new format were F1 veterans Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso who both moved up 4 positions. The Spanish Alpine driver Alonso was possibly the highlight driver of the race as he kept everyone on their toes from the beginning showing excellent pace diving into corners and pulling wide maneuvers around the outside from lap 1 all the way to the chequered flag 17 laps later. Raikkonen also showed great form starting down the pack in 17th gradually moving up closer to the top 10 ending in 13th which is a fantastic result for the Alfa Romeo driver.

Exhilarating and fast paced all the way until the end. It seems the new sprint race qualifying format could be a hit with the fans but the drivers were inconclusive in their opinions on the trial session saying it is not really up to the drivers rather the viewers. The possible next suggested trial session of this format could be seen in September at the Italian Grand Prix.

The final sprint race results and qualifying grid for the British Grand Prix were as follows:

133Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA1725:38.4263
244Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES17+1.430s2
377Valtteri BottasMERCEDES17+7.502s1
416Charles LeclercFERRARI17+11.278s0
54Lando NorrisMCLAREN MERCEDES17+24.111s0
63Daniel RicciardoMCLAREN MERCEDES17+30.959s0
714Fernando AlonsoALPINE RENAULT17+43.527s0
85Sebastian VettelASTON MARTIN MERCEDES17+44.439s0
963George RussellWILLIAMS MERCEDES17+46.652s0
1031Esteban OconALPINE RENAULT17+47.395s0
1155Carlos SainzFERRARI17+47.798s0
1210Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA17+48.763s0
137Kimi RäikkönenALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI17+50.677s0
1418Lance StrollASTON MARTIN MERCEDES17+52.179s0
1599Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI17+53.225s0
1622Yuki TsunodaALPHATAURI HONDA17+53.567s0
176Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES17+55.162s0
1847Mick SchumacherHAAS FERRARI17+68.213s0
199Nikita MazepinHAAS FERRARI17+77.648s0
2011Sergio PerezRED BULL RACING HONDA16DNF0


Featured image and table sourced from: F1.com

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