Seven things we learnt from a thrilling British GP at Silverstone today
►It had to happen eventually, though after the first few races this season it really looked like it might not. Carlos Sainz has won his first race at the 2022 British GP, but he certainly made it look difficult – and he had a couple of helping-hands too. Sergio Perez finished second in the Red Bull in a bad day for the Milton Keynes team, and the podium was rounded off by Lewis Hamilton – who may actually be disappointed with third.1.
Porpoising is still a factor for most of the grid, but there’s already a new technical controversy on the horizon; flexing floors. Just hours after qualifying, chat in the paddock surfaced that both Ferrari and Red Bull had floors that flexed at certain points and within certain parameters. As you’d expect from F1, this isn’t by accident and instead works to increase the amount of downforce generated by the floors of the cars in question.
The question now is: does the FIA impose new tests or let things slide until the start of next year – and are they within the spirit of the rules in the first place? After all, movable aero devices are banned. Whatever the FIA does will have an impact on the rest of the season for all teams, and especially for the likes of Mercedes who are still working out which philosophy to use next year: one similar to their zero sidpod-philosophy this year, or something higher and more similar to the Red Bull and Ferrari.After a poor initial start, Sainz was able to be far more aggressive at the second start, being as elbows out with Verstappen as he dared.
So what won it for Sainz? Aside from doing the job on Satuday and keeping himself there or thereabouts, a safety car caused by Ocon and a new set of softs gave Carlos the win. He still had to get past Leclerc on hards, and then bolt away from Hamilton and Perez – but that’s exactly what he did.
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