F1 Racing UK – August 2019

RESULTS ROUND 10

SILVERSTONE / 14.07.19 / 52 LAPS

F1 RACING AUGUST 2019 107

TYRECOMPOUNDS USED

DRIVERS’ STANDINGS

1 Hamilton 223pts

2 Bottas 184pts

3 Verstappen 136pts

4 Vettel 123pts

5 Leclerc 120pts

6 Gasly 55pts

7 Sainz 38pts

8 Räikkönen 25pts

9 Norris 22pts

10 Ricciardo 22pts

11 Hülkenberg 17pts

12 Magnussen 14pts

13 Pérez 13pts

14 Kvyat 12pts

15 Albon 7pts

16 Stroll 6pts

17 Grosjean 2pts

18 Giovinazzi 1pts

19 Russell 0pts

20 Kubica 0pts

CLIMATE AIR TEMP TRACK TEMP

1st Lewis HamiltonMercedes 1h 21m 08.452s

2nd Valtteri BottasMercedes +24.928s

3rd CharlesLeclercFerrari +30.117s

4th Pierre GaslyRed Bull +34.692s

5th MaxVerstappenRed Bull +39.458s

6th Carlos SainzMcLaren +53.639s

7th Daniel RicciardoRenault +54.401s

8th Kimi RäikkönenAlfa Romeo +65.540s

9th DaniilKvyatToro Rosso +66.720s

10th Nico HülkenbergRenault +72.733s

11th Lando NorrisMcLaren +74.281s

12th Alexander AlbonToro Rosso +75.617s

13th LanceStrollRacingPoint +81.086s

14th George RussellWilliams +1 lap

15th RobertKubicaWilliams +1 lap

16th SebastianVettelFerrari +1 lap*

17th SergioPérezRacingPoint +1 lap

Retirements

Antonio GiovinazziAlfaRomeo 18 laps - spin

Romain GrosjeanHaas 9 laps - accident damage

Kevin MagnussenHaas 6 laps - accident damage

Hard(C1) Medium(C2)Soft(C3) Inter Wet

Overcast

18 °C 27 °C

Two weeks afterVerstappen sealed victoryover
Leclerc with acontroversial late-race move in
Austria, the two young gunsfoundthemselves
circulating in close company through Silverstone’s
fast bends. What could possibly go wrong?
Leclerc qualified third, withVerstappennot much
more thana tenth of a second inarrears infourth,
though the margin wasexaggeratedby theRed Bull
suffering pronounced turbo lag in slow corners.
ThoughLeclerc held onto third at the start,
Verstappen harried him through thefi rst stint
and emerged from the pits narrowly ahead when

they both stopped on lap 13.Verstappen initially

struggled on his second set of tyres and ran wide

at TheLoop on his out-lap, enablingLeclercto

reclaim the initiative. The battle frequently became

physical as they brushed wheels andfl irted with

track limits until their pitstops behind the Safety

Car separated them.

“Austria was quite an eye-openerfor me interms

of how far we cango and what is accepted,” said

Leclerc. “This race was quite fun.”

This is unlikely to be the last salvo in afi ght that

could run and run in the yearsto come.

3 Leclercgets feistier inVerstappen rematch Fastest lap

Lewis Hamilton: 1min 27.369s on lap 52

catching theLeclerc-Verstappen battlefor third
and being briefly heldup as they squabbled at The
Loop on lap 11. That enabled Gaslyto latchback
onto his tail and claim the inside line into Village
next time around, amove thatseemedto catch
Vettelby surprise.
Gasly then pittedfor a second set of mediums,
promptingVerstappen andLeclercto stop as well,
and when the latter two stopped again under
the Safety Car –Leclerc a lap after histeam-mate

• Vettel was elevatedto third while an irked
  Leclerc fulminated in sixth.
  On lap 27Red Bull ordered itscars to swap
  places:Verstappen surgedby Gasly intoStowe and

set off in pursuit ofVettel.Ten lapslater he blasted

pastVettel around the outside ina DRS-assisted

move at Stowe, runningslightly wide attheexit,

enablingVettelto get back on his tailinto Vale.

ThereVerstappen jinked left asVettel lungedfor

the inside, but the move was never really on: there

was less than a car’s widthavailable even before

Verstappen moved. Vettel swerved in the opposite

direction, slammed into the back of theRed Bull

under braking and launched itinto the air.

Verstappensoldieredon to fi fthin a severely

damaged car, while thestewards slappedVettel

with a10s penalty that left him classified 16th.

His season simply goes frombad to worse.

Verstappen was an innocent victim atVale

asVettel’s season continuedtounravel

Leclerc andVerstappen part two. This series is

scheduledfor a lengthy and blockbusting run

*Includes 10-second penalty

for causing a collision