Carlos Sainz Gets Maiden Formula One Win In Dramatic British Grand Prix

4th July 2022 - by Louis Kalinga

Home hero Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes took third to claim a record 13th podium finish on home soil, an unprecedented total by any driver at a single event

SAINZ Carlos (spa), Scuderia Ferrari F1-75, portrait podium during the Formula 1 Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022, 10th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Silverstone Circuit, from July 1 to 3, 2022 in Silverstone, United Kingdom. PHOTO | AFP

SUMMARY

Carlos Sainz won his first ever Formula One race as he drove masterfully to claim victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday
It was Sainz' first win in his 150th race after he drove his Ferrari to a spectacular triumph in a furious and crash-hit British Grand Prix.
The race was delayed for an hour after a huge pile-up at the first corner caused a red flag as Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu vaulted the barriers at the first corner after sliding upside down across the gravel trap

Carlos Sainz won his first ever Formula One race as he drove masterfully to claim victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.

It was Sainz' first win in his 150th race after he drove his Ferrari to a spectacular triumph in a furious and crash-hit British Grand Prix.

The 27-year-old Spaniard, starting from his maiden pole position, resisted a charging Sergio Perez of Red Bull, who recovered from 17th, to take the flag by 3.7 seconds in front of a record 142,000 crowd at the high-speed Silverstone circuit.

The race was delayed for an hour after a huge pile-up at the first corner caused a red flag as Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu vaulted the barriers at the first corner after sliding upside down across the gravel trap.

He was freed from the car by paramedics and declared uninjured after a check-up at the medical centre.

Zhou's accident was triggered when Mercedes' George Russell and Pierre Gasly's Alpha Tauri touched, spinning Russell into the side of Zhou.

Williams driver Alex Albon was flown to Coventry Hospital for precautionary checks after he was involved in a separate accident, Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel punting him into the pit wall.

Home hero Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes took third to claim a record 13th podium finish on home soil, an unprecedented total by any driver at a single event.

Drawing on his fresher tyres in the closing stages, Hamilton resisted and passed Charles Leclerc in the second Ferrari, who finished fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris of McLaren.

World champion and series leader Max Verstappen finished seventh for Red Bull, recovering after picking up debris and suffering a puncture, ahead of a revitalised Mick Schumacher of Haas, collecting his first points in his second season.

Sebastian Vettel, who had started 18th on his birthday, and Kevin Magnussen in the second Haas completed the top 10.