Finally tension again: McLaren-Norris tickled King Max’s nerves

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“It was a terrible start for me,” laughed omnivore Max Verstappen (25) after his 43rd GP win. The Dutchman is unstoppable. It goes without saying that the 155,000 fans at Silverstone panicked when Lando Norris led the McLaren-Mercedes for the first five laps.

Verstappen misses the duels

Finally (after a restart in 38th of 55 laps) Verstappen had made everything clear. “I’m glad it didn’t go so smoothly this time! I miss the duels too often!”

His 6th win in a row – so far only the first world champion Ascari (Alfa) and the three Germans Schumacher, Vettel and Rosberg have managed that. But Ascari and Vettel (9 each) hold the record ahead of Schumi (7).

Red Bull is also tearing down all the walls: just like McLaren in 1988 with Prost and Senna, the Bulls have now also achieved eleven wins in a row. It was the 20th win in the 21st race. It wasn’t until Brazil 2022 that Russell intervened at the Mercedes.

The 10th World Cup round had four heroes in addition to King Verstappen:

… who confirmed his second place on the grid: “When you fight with Lewis, you can make even fewer mistakes than usual!”

… who took the podium for the 14th time at Silverstone from seventh position (195 in total): “Congratulations to McLaren. I started there in 2007!”

… never to be shaken off as fourth in the second McLaren Mercedes. The Australian demonstrated his great talent.

Williams strong – Albon beats both Ferraris

And the fourth hero ended up in a sensational eighth place: the Thai Alex Albon (27). He confirmed his great training results and finished ahead of both Ferrari stars Leclerc and Sainz. The red boss Vasseur very meek: “We gambled with the tires, everything went wrong!” That’s how you stay fourth at the World Cup.

And there was celebration at Williams: in Silverstone they have now overtaken Haas-Ferrari (also 11) and Alfa-Sauber (9) with four points and are seventh in the World Championship. Rising trend. Because the American pilot Sargerant, who still has no points, finished in 11th place.

Alfa-Sauber can hardly wait for the summer break

After the race with the biggest upgrade pack, it’s still dark for the citizens of Hinwil. At no stage did Bottas (12th) and Zhou (15th) ever come close to World Cup points. In any case, the team is happy that the summer break is coming after Budapest (July 23) and Spa (July 30). The empty batteries can perhaps be charged there.

Source : Blick