The Halo device and its importance for F1
During the first lap at Silverstone, F1 driver Zhou Guanyu's car flipped several times and collided with a grandstand barrier. The Alfa Romeo driver miraculously survived and was not seriously injured.
During the first lap at Silverstone, F1 driver Zhou Guanyu's car flipped several times and collided with a grandstand barrier. The Alfa Romeo driver miraculously survived and was not seriously injured.
The Spaniard finished ahead of the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in a race that saw the deployment of a safety car twice.
The rain had begun falling on Silverstone just minutes before qualifying began, with Verstappen comfortably heading both first and second qualification (Q1 and Q2).
Red Bull currently sit at the top of the constructors' championship - having won seven out of the opening nine races of the season - and now lead second-placed Ferrari by 76 points.
Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez took second to complete a commanding one-two finish for Red Bull after both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz failed to make it to the chequered flag with mechanical gremlins for Ferrari, giving Mercedes' George Russell position 3 in Baku.
With overtaking very difficult on the street circuit for the Monaco Grand Prix, starting from the front row is an advantage. Thus, the all-important qualifying session saw Leclerc top Q1, Q2 and Q3 on the way to take Ferrari's 12th pole position in the Principality with a sensational time of 1m 11.376s
Daniel Ricciardo was garage-bound for the first 10 minutes of FP2 with McLaren working on the rear of his car. Soon after emerging, the Australian brought out a red flag having lost the rear of the car and smashed into the barriers at Swimming Pool.
Following the decision, the 2022 Formula One calendar will now run to 22 races rather than the originally planned 23.
Hamilton has urged the FIA to relax their strict rulings against drivers wearing body piercings and neck chains while competing at the race in Florida last weekend, which FIA had turned down.
Starting from third on the grid in F1's first-ever race in Miami, Verstappen passed Carlos Sainz at the start before hunting down and overtaking Leclerc for the lead on lap 9 on Sunday (Monday IST).
