Chief Medical Officer of Great Britain. first the failures of Sainz, Gasly and Ocon

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Sainz premiere

A first pole position on Saturday, a first F1 win on Sunday, Carlos Sainz will have great memories of this 2022 edition at Silverstone. Thus, the Spaniard waited 150 races before achieving his first success. The Iberian had a few lives in this race, especially after his first missed start. He then had the overall advantage in terms of strategy by Ferrari compared to Charles Leclerc, who was leading during the safety car. The Spaniard changed his tires rather than the Monegasque, despite finishing better in the championship, which gave him a significant advantage at the end of the race. He easily overtook his teammate on the restart to become the second Spaniard to win an F1 Grand Prix after Fernando Alonso.

The return of Perez

The Mexican left feathers in the second standing start and particularly the front wing. Forced to stop early to change the game, Sergio Perez was last after five laps. The Red Bull driver came back and took advantage of an Ocon-triggered safety car to make a second stop and set up the contests for a frantic finish to the race. The Mexican then took over with frantic passes from Hamilton and then Leclerc to offer him a very good second place at the finish. He thus saves Red Bull’s weekend as Max Verstappen had a difficult Sunday (see below).

Schumacher: first points

He chased after it for some time. Mick Schumacher finally scored his first points in F1. Eighth at Silverstone, on Max Verstappen’s exhaust, saw the young German seal his first top 10 finish and offer four points to Haas. Tenth, Kevin Magnussen brings the extra point and confirms a very good Sunday for the American team.

Hamilton continues

Third in Canada, Lewis Hamilton did it again at Silverstone. The British driver even confidently believed in victory in front of his home crowd. Leading the way for the first time this season after Ferrari’s pit stops, the seven-time world champion settled in well and was just five seconds off the lead after stopping twenty laps from the gate. But the safety car rearranged the cards and the LH44 then simply struggled to keep its place on the podium.

FLOPS:

Black Sunday for Gasly and Ocon

Both Frenchmen were out of points at the net. After ten laps, Pierre Gasly was seventh and Esteban Ocon was ninth. Everything was in place for the Blues. Unfortunately, the second half of the run was disastrous for the Habs. Gasly was hit by his teammate Yuki Tsunoda. Which put Alfa Tauri out of the points and Gasly even retired later in the race. Immediately imitated by Esteban Ocon. The latter had just moved up to eighth from Max Verstappen before falling victim to his Alpine’s reliability on lap 39. No points for the French at Silverstone and a Sunday to forget.

Verstappen leaves feathers

The leader of the World Championship had a difficult Sunday. The Dutchman, however, got off to an ideal start, passing Carlos Sainz at the first corner of the first start, but the red flag restarted things and the Batavian lost this good start advantage. The world champion, who returned to second place for his second start, could not find fault this time, but took advantage of Sainz’s error on lap 10 to take the lead. The beginning of the end for Verstappen. Two laps later he had a problem with his car (bonnet then floor). Forced to do three stops and drive “broken” According to him, the leader of the championship took a modest seventh position and is behind Perez and Leclerc in championship points.

Ricardo is missing

While Lando Norris confirmed another good weekend with sixth place, Daniel Ricciardo looked gloomy. Far from it once again, the Australian has never been at Silverstone this weekend. Released in Q2 on Saturday thirteenth on Sunday, the McLaren driver did not take advantage of many racing events to make a comeback. Back-to-back weekends have been similar for Ricciardo, who has just three Top 10s after ten races.