Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60 at
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull…

How the 2023 F1 British Grand Prix unfolded

McLaren's Lando Norris started in P2 but sensationally overtook pole-sitter Max Verstappen on the opening lap.

The Silverstone crowd roared to see the Brit lead on home turf!

But Verstappen regained the lead and rain is coming...

15:53
Order on Lap 33

Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Piastri, Albon, Russell, Leclerc, Sainz and Perez.

15:51
An easy move for Russell

The hard tyre doesn't look to be the one today. Russell gets past him with ease.

15:50
Russell flying on the mediums

He sets the fastest lap as he closes up to Leclerc.

15:49
Piastri

Piastri comes out in sixth on the hards.

15:48
Pit stops

Rsussell rejoins in ninth behind Leclerc; Perez is 13th on a new set of the softs.

Piastri is the next driver to pit.

15:47
Lap 29/52

Russell pits from fourth and opts for the mediums as expected. 

Perez also comes in.

15:46
A bit dull currently

Waiting for the top three to stop soon.

15:44
Sainz pits

Hards for Sainz as well - not sure why, they don't look like a good tyre.

15:43
Russell

Russell has done 26 laps on the softs now. Surely everyone will be looking to do a medium to soft strategy or soft to medium in the case of the Mercedes.

15:41
Lap 25/52

Verstappen has now increased his gap over Norris to 6.3s.

15:38
Hamilton closing in

He's now just 1.1s behind Sainz in the battle for fifth.

15:37
Leclerc strategy

Not sure it's going to work out. He doesn't look that quick on the hards.

15:34
Order on Lap 21

Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Alonso, Gasly, Perez, Albon, Stroll, Leclerc, Sargeant, de Vries, Zhou, Bottas, Magnussen, Tsunoda and Hulkenberg.

15:31
Leclerc pits

It's Lap 19 and Leclerc is the first of the front runners to pit - it's the hard tyre for Ferrari.

15:30
Verstappen

Verstappen continues to control the race from the front - 3.7s between him and Norris.

Piastri is enjoying a strong outing - 1.7s behind Verstappen.

15:28
Lap 16

Russell is closing behind Leclerc for third. Just 0.5s between those two.

15:26
Lap 1 shots

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60 at
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull…

15:24
15:22
Perez into 11th

An easy move into Stowe for Perez on Stroll.

15:21
Order on Lap 12

Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Alonso, Gasly, Albon, Stroll, Perez, Tsunoda, Sargeant, de Vries, Zhou, Bottas, Magnussen and Hulkenberg.

15:19
Verstappen

Light rain in "two or three minutes", Verstappen is told.

15:18
Ocon is out

Some sort of mechanical issue for Ocon - he's out of the race.

15:15
Verstappen edging clear

Verstappen is just over 1.0s clear of Norris - crucially this means McLaren will no longer have DRS.

Still, McLaren's pace is very impressive.

15:14
Perez

The recovering Red Bull is now up to 13th after Hulkenberg made a mistake in the opening part of the lap.

Seems Hulkenberg has a bit of front wing damage now.

15:13
Lap 7/52

Hamilton is attacking Alonso for seventh but he can't get through yet.

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