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F1 sprint race results

The Red Bull driver was aggressive in defence against Ferrari's Charles Leclerc into Turn 1 and never looked back on his way to another eight-point haul on a Saturday. Lewis Hamilton made his way into second on the opening lap and was joined on the podium by Leclerc. Pierre Gasly took two points for seventh ahead of George Russell in eighth - the Mercedes driver dropping from seventh by virtue of a five-second penalty for overtaking Oscar Piastri off-track. Alex Albon fought valiantly to get within five seconds of the Briton but ultimately wound up ninth, with Piasti 10th in the second McLaren following early struggles for pace. Download the F1 calendar to your agenda. Don't miss out on any of the F1 action thanks to this handy F1 calendar that can be easily loaded into your smartphone or PC. Join the conversation! Create your free account now! Share your thoughts and opinions about F1 Win fantastic prizes Get access to our premium content Take advantage of more exclusive benefits. NL EN.

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Get quick access to your favorite articles. Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers. Make your voice heard with article commenting. As he came slightly alongside the Red Bull, Verstappen edged his rival right across the track and close to the grass by the pitlane exit. That left Leclerc pinched very tight on the inside of the uphill left-hand hairpin and with Hamilton swinging around on the outside line he was able to get a run on the Ferrari — coming by on the exit off the track in a move that was not assessed by race control. From there, Verstappen remained the only one of the leaders able to regularly stay in the 1m39s, which meant his lead quickly rose over Hamilton and was 3. There was little action in the second half of the race, with Verstappen continuing to pull away from Hamilton to an eventual winning margin of 9.

The F1 Sprint was first introduced in , with drivers racing for roughly km on the day before a handful of Grands Prix, including Silverstone two years ago. The points system remains the same, with the winner collecting eight points, second claiming seven, and so on until eighth picks up a solitary point. The big change comes with qualifying. A condensed version of normal qualifying, Sprint Qualifying 1 will run for 12 minutes, SQ2 for 10 minutes and SQ3 for eight minutes, and will fall on the Saturday morning. Two-time world champion Max Verstappen has been openly critical of the Sprint format, and with the possibility of further extending the race calendar the Red Bull driver questioned whether he would remain in the sport after his contract runs out in I know that of course the salary and everything, you have a good life, but is it actually a good life? I think sometimes you get to a point in your career where maybe you want to do other stuff. They were too long and boring. So I see the point of making something different on the weekend.

F1 sprint race results

Verstappen aced qualifying on Friday evening, in a session that saw both Mercedes crash out in Q3, after which Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez was bumped down to P13 on the grid for this Sprint. This new-for Sprint format awards points to the top eight instead of the top three. The other 18 cars navigated a haze of orange smoke to finally commence a Sprint of 23 laps rather than The top 10 began on medium tyres, only four drivers having opted for softs. The British GP winner dropped back and soon Leclerc built a gap to his team mate. Verstappen would continue to lead comfortably and eventually won by 1.

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