2024 British Grand Prix

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2024 British Grand Prix
Race 12 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Race details
Date 7 July 2024 (2024-07-07)
Official name Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix 2024
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.891 km (3.660 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles)
Weather Intermittent rain
Attendance 480,000 [1]
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:25.819
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari
Time 1:28.293 on lap 52
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third
 McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
  • 2024 British Grand Prix

The 2024 British Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 7 July 2024 at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England. It was the twelfth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The race was won by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Lando Norris of McLaren. It was Hamilton's first victory since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Additionally, it was his ninth overall victory at the British Grand Prix, breaking the record for the most wins at a single circuit. [2]

Background

The event was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire for the 59th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 5–7 July. [3] The Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 75th running of the British Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. [4]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 237 points, 81 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 87 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 355 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who were second and third with 291 and 268 points, respectively. [5]

Entrants

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Oliver Bearman
Conferencia de prensa Colapinto ACA octubre 2023 - BugWarp (13) (cropped).jpg
Franco Colapinto
Jack Doohan Austria 2022.jpg
Jack Doohan
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Isack Hadjar
Bearman, Colapinto, Doohan and Hadjar drove in the first free practice session in place of regular drivers.

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. [6] In the first free practice session, Oliver Bearman stood in for Kevin Magnussen for Haas, Franco Colapinto replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams, Jack Doohan drove instead of Pierre Gasly for Alpine and Isack Hadjar was in for Red Bull Racing in place of Sergio Pérez. Colapinto made his Formula One practice debut. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. [11]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 5 July 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC+1), and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of Lance Stroll of Aston Martin and Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 16:00 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of Piastri and Sergio Pérez of Red Bull Racing. The third free practice session was held on 6 July 2024, at 11:30 local time, and was topped by George Russell of Mercedes ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Norris. [12]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 6 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1). [12]

Qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 1:30.1061:26.7231:25.8191
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.5471:26.7701:25.9902
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.5961:26.5591:26.0303
41 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:31.3421:26.7961:26.2034
581 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.8951:26.7331:26.2375
627 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 1:31.9291:26.8471:26.3386
755 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:30.5571:26.8431:26.5097
818 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:31.4101:26.9381:26.5858
923 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:31.1351:26.9331:26.6409
1014 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:31.2641:26.7301:26.91710
1116 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.4961:27.097N/A11
122 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 1:31.6081:27.175N/A12
1322 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 1:30.9941:27.269N/A13
1424 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.1901:27.867N/A14
153 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 1:31.2911:27.949N/A15
1677 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:32.431N/AN/A16
1720 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:32.905N/AN/A17
1831 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:34.557N/AN/A18
1911 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:38.348N/AN/APL 1
2010 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1:39.804N/AN/A19 2
107% time: 1:35.815 3
Source: [13] [14]

Notes

Race

The race was held on 7 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1), and was run for 52 laps. [12]

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 521:22:27.059225
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 52+1.465418
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 52+7.547315
481 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 52+12.429512
555 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 52+47.318711 1
627 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 52+55.72268
718 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 52+56.56986
814 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 52+1:03.577104
923 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 52+1:08.38792
1022 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 52+1:19.303131
112 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 52+1:28.96012
1220 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 52+1:30.15317
133 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 51+1 lap15
1416 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 51+1 lap11
1577 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 51+1 lap16
1631 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 50+2 laps18
1711 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 50+2 lapsPL
1824 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 50+2 laps14
Ret63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 33Water leak1
DNS10 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 0Gearbox– 2
Fastest lap: Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari) – 1:28.293 (lap 52)
Source: [14] [16] [17] [18]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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