The race began on a moist monitor after a soaking moist morning, however with the solar out and extra rain heading in the direction of Silverstone.
Verstappen held the lead by way of a short problem from Piastri off the road however he couldn’t shake the McLarens, and Piastri was quickly difficult him exhausting for the lead.
Earlier than he may attempt a transfer, although, a digital security automotive was deployed after Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto crashed at Flip Two on lap 4.
The race was restarted on lap seven, and Piastri was previous Verstappen on the Hangar Straight earlier than two laps have been over, constructing a 2.9-second lead after only one lap.
It was then Norris’ flip to problem the Purple Bull, however Verstappen gifted him the place when he slid off at Becketts on lap 11, simply as heavy rain began.
That introduced the drivers into the pits for contemporary intermediates. By then, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll had gained time by an earlier change to smooth tyres when the monitor was drying and emerged in fourth place, with Hulkenberg in fifth after stopping for inters on lap 10, so benefiting when others needed to drive on a moist monitor on slick tyres after which pit.
The rain grew to become heavier and a security automotive was deployed on lap 14. The race restarted on lap 18, however a second security automotive was despatched out inside a lap after Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar bumped into the again of Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes at Copse as a result of he couldn’t see him within the spray.
When the race restarted for the final time on lap 22, Piastri began to attempt to construct a lead however he was not capable of get greater than 4 seconds forward earlier than Norris got here again at him – he was lower than two seconds again by the point Piastri pitted to serve his penalty with 9 laps to go.
Stroll was unable to carry on to his third place, quickly being handed by Hulkenberg, then Hamilton, and finally dropping right down to seventh place.
Behind Verstappen, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who was fifth on the restart, misplaced locations to Hamilton and the Dutchman however was capable of safe sixth place.
Williams’ Alex Albon was eighth, forward of Fernando Alonso, who was pissed off by his crew’s technique costing him locations within the topsy-turvy early a part of the race, then pitted a few laps too early for slick tyres because the monitor dried within the closing levels.
That dropped him to final, however he recovered to take ninth, forward of Mercedes’ George Russell, who additionally stopped early for slicks for the ultimate time.
