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| 2021 British Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 10 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Silverstone Circuit | |||||
| Race details[2] | |||||
| Date | 18 July 2021 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2021 | ||||
| Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.891 km (3.660 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear. Ambient: 29 to 31 °C (84 to 88 °F); Surface: 48 to 52 °C (118 to 126 °F) | ||||
| Attendance |
356,000 (race weekend)[3][4] 140,000 (race)[5][6] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
| Grid positions set by results of sprint qualifying | |||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda | |||
| Time | 1:28.617 on lap 50 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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The 2021 British Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 July 2021 at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England. It was the tenth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship and also featured the first ever "sprint qualifying" event in F1 - a new format run on the Saturday of the race weekend over a distance of 100 kilometres (62 mi). 3 points were awarded to the winner of the Sprint, 2 to 2nd place and 1 to 3rd place. The results of the sprint qualifying decided the grid for the race on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton qualified the fastest for the sprint's starting grid, but championship rival Max Verstappen would win the sprint qualification, giving him pole position for the race. On the first lap of the race, Verstappen and Hamilton collided going into Copse corner, which took Verstappen out of race and earned Hamilton a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision. Hamilton recovered from the penalty to win the race from Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas, achieving an eighth British Grand Prix win.
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