F1 grid penalty change proposed after Max Verstappen crash
RacingNews365·49 days ago·2 sources
Max Verstappen's crash in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring has led to much debate over whether a rule change is needed.
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British 2026 GP sprint preview
Top stories ahead of the British sprint GP. Ranked F1 coverage since the Austrian Grand Prix - upgrades, controversy, and paddock storylines that matter before the weekend - plus circuit facts, records, and this grid's history at the track.
Weekend schedule
All timezonesTimes shown in circuit-local time (BST).
- FP1Fri12:30
- Sprint QualifyingFri16:30
- SprintSat12:00
- QualifyingSat16:00
- RaceSun15:00
Forecast is the daily high and expected rainfall at the circuit.
The circuit
Full circuit guideSilverstone Circuit · 5.891 km · 18 corners · clockwise
1:18.739
Fastest race lap
Michael Schumacher, 2004
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026Charles Leclerc · Ferrari
- 2025Lando Norris · McLaren
- 2024Lewis Hamilton · Mercedes
Last pole times
- 2026Andrea Kimi Antonelli · 1:28.111
- 2025Max Verstappen · 1:24.892
- 2024George Russell · 1:25.819
What makes it different
- Hosted the first race of the Formula One World Championship in May 1950, and is one of only two circuits on the 2026 calendar to have held a championship round in that first season.
- Maggotts–Becketts–Chapel is a sequence of direction changes taken above 250 km/h; it loads the tyres harder than almost anything else in the season.
- The circuit is built on the runways of RAF Silverstone, a WWII Bomber Command training airfield completed in 1943 - the current Wellington Straight is named for the aircraft its crews trained on there.
Home race
Home race for Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, George Russell, Arvid Lindblad, Oliver Bearman.
Home to Red Bull, Mercedes, McLaren, Aston Martin, Alpine, Williams — 6 of the grid's 11 teams.
This grid’s history here
Lewis Hamilton9 wins · 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, …
Max Verstappen2 wins · 2023, 2020
Fernando Alonso2 wins · 2011, 2006
Charles Leclerc1 win · 2026
Lando Norris1 win · 2025
Carlos Sainz1 win · 2022
Valtteri Bottas2 poles, no win · 2020, 2019
Andrea Kimi Antonelli1 pole, no win · 2026
George Russell1 pole, no win · 2024
Top stories ahead of the British sprint GP
Sainz suggestion that drivers should face penalty for causing yellow flags divides paddock opinion
Crash.net·49 days ago·1 source
Carlos Sainz believes that drivers who cause a yellow or red flag in qualifying should receive a penalty
New details about who initiated Max Verstappen’s shock McLaren F1 talks revealedCrash.net·52 days ago·1 source
Further details have emerged about Max Verstappen's talks with McLaren.
Toto Wolff snared by Mercedes F1 fans demanding Max Verstappen signing
GPFans·49 days ago·3 sources
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff was hounded by fans at the recent Austrian Grand Prix, calling for him to sign four-time world champion Max Verstappen.
Wolff reviews Russell and Mercedes’ Austria ‘bounce back’
Formula 1·53 days ago·2 sources
Toto Wolff expressed his satisfaction as Mercedes immediately returned to the top step of the podium at the Austrian Grand Prix following Lewis Hamilton’s victory for Ferrari in Barcelona.
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