In probably the most severe of senses there have been clear winners on the British Grand Prix in that System 1 got here away with no accidents from a day that featured a ferocious F1 startline crash, a terrifying System 2 incident, and protestors having access to the racetrack.

However in eventual on-track outcome phrases, there have been very apparent winners and losers.

Right here’s our decide of these with most and least to have a good time from Silverstone.

WINNERS

Carlos Sainz

Sainz was starting to really feel just like the perennial bridesmaid and even after he took his maiden F1 pole place on Saturday, it felt like he wasn’t the strongest driver in both dry or moist circumstances this weekend.

And the race proved precisely that: he wasn’t the quickest driver on Sunday, however he didn’t must be.

As a substitute, he supplied a stern defence towards Max Verstappen on the second standing begin, obeyed and overruled his Ferrari staff when it mattered and effectively handed Charles Leclerc on the remaining security automobile restart to seal the victory.

A well-deserved first F1 win for Sainz. It’s too early to name it a breakthrough – this was a particularly distinctive race – however it’s an necessary marker in an in any other case difficult second season with Ferrari. – Josh Suttill

Max Verstappen (someway)

The location of a frontrunning driver who limped to seventh in a automobile with a “ruptured” flooring among the many winners might confuse you. But, nicely, it appears like what transpired after Verstappen ran over the AlphaTauri particles and hobbled his RB18 was kind of the best-case final result.

Factors on the board, Ferrari failing to capitalise with Leclerc, Perez having confirmed second-best to Verstappen all weekend. And the tempo was, in fact, there – there was each likelihood he was going to streak away from Sainz and into the space after that preliminary go.

The form of weekend on which championships are gained? In all probability not, no, though he did drive nicely.

A giant-time mulligan? You guess. – Valentin Khorounzhiy

Mick Schumacher

Schumacher has had a couple of races that appeared like promising alternatives to finish his anticipate an F1 factors end. This was not certainly one of them. Humorous how F1 works isn’t it?

The omens weren’t nice for Schumacher, beginning 16th at a observe Haas by no means appeared that aggressive at in all circumstances this weekend. However a chaotic run to the primary nook set the tone for a dramatic grand prix.

A number of occasions now Schumacher has been fast and aggressive however not been there when it issues. This was nearly the other – though to his credit score he obtained stronger because the race got here to him.

The late cube with Verstappen threatened to catch him out, however Schumacher dealt with the state of affairs nicely and introduced residence factors that will likely be a large confidence increase – and a aid. – Scott Mitchell

Sergio Perez

Contemplating how Perez’s race taken care of his unplanned early pitstop for a brand new entrance wing, this was a wonderful restoration.

He was in all probability heading for fourth place earlier than the ultimate security automobile restart, however that gave him a chance to drive his manner onto the rostrum and that’s precisely what he did.

Perez wasted little time in passing Lewis Hamilton with a forceful transfer after which needed to repass him once more when Hamilton pounced on Perez when he was battling with Leclerc.

Whereas he had little likelihood of stopping Sainz, Perez locked Leclerc out of the rostrum and contributed to some tidy injury limitation for Pink Bull team-mate Verstappen. – JS

Fernando Alonso

A pack of automobiles all around the street going unimaginable three-wide racing and shock round-the-outside transfer within the chaotic remaining laps of a grand prix. In fact, Fernando Alonso’s going to be sticking his nostril in there someplace.

As issues obtained ever wilder within the pack round Leclerc and his drained tyres within the closing laps, Alonso appeared very nicely positioned to catch the likes of Hamilton, Perez or Leclerc off-guard and sneak his Alpine onto the rostrum.

He couldn’t fairly do it, however lurking across the high six all race and taking a season-best fifth place on the end was a much-needed outcome.

Not a lot a breakthrough, as only a demonstration of what Alonso felt he might’ve been delivering fairly repeatedly this season with higher reliability. – Matt Beer

LOSERS

Charles Leclerc

At one level, it appeared like Leclerc could be taking 20-25 factors out of Verstappen’s championship lead. As a substitute, it was six.

There won’t be many extra open targets like this, and Leclerc is aware of it. He was clearly dismayed after the race, although he did his very best effort to not rain on team-mate Sainz’s parade.

However what ought to fear him much more than the technique blunder – you may change the phrase ‘blunder’ with ‘determination’ in the event you subscribe to Mattia Binotto’s concept that Ferrari obtained all of the calls proper, which I actually don’t – is the angle of the excessive command.

Leclerc has been the quicker Ferrari nearly all 12 months. Even after being hindered and up towards it for 5 consecutive races now, he’s nonetheless forward of Sainz within the standings.

If Ferrari desires to win the drivers’ title this 12 months, he’s its greatest guess. Maybe solely guess.

Does Ferrari know that? The post-race contentment suggests not. And, actually, what extra can Leclerc be doing to make his staff perceive? – VK

George Russell

When he signed that 2022 Mercedes deal, Russell might very nicely have imagined himself profitable his residence grand prix. And even amid this 12 months’s toil, a podium would’ve felt comparatively achievable given his type of late and expectations for the automobile at this observe.

As a substitute, it was a reasonably underwhelming eighth on the grid, a really dangerous begin, a daunting first-corner shunt after which an uncommon did-not-start as a result of the marshals popped a automobile he’d hoped to deliver again to the pits on a flatbed truck as a substitute.

And that reasonably in style at Silverstone team-mate Russell’s been overshadowing for a lot of the 12 months put Mercedes on the rostrum.

However finally, who cares? The defining picture of Russell and Silverstone 2022 will likely be him sprinting throughout the run-off space to verify on Zhou Guanyu after the crash.

That first residence grand prix in a high staff was an absolute write-off for Russell in outcomes phrases, however one other nice demonstration of his human high quality. – MB

Williams’s upgraded automobile

Williams’s long-awaited main British GP improve bundle hasn’t had the best debut weekend.

Rain ruined any likelihood of studying issues in FP1, and a poorly managed technique in qualifying yielded a Q1 exit for Alex Albon within the upgraded Williams whereas Nicholas Latifi was capable of progress to Q3 within the previous automobile.

Then Albon didn’t even make it by way of the primary nook within the race as Sebastian Vettel inadvertently slammed him into the wall (and again into Esteban Ocon and Yuki Tsunoda’s path) because of the multi-car collision that despatched Zhou airborne.

It means there’s been little likelihood for Williams to judge its improve bundle – and Albon’s crash means Latifi receiving the upgrades can even possible be delayed. – JS

Daniel Ricciardo

Gradual in follow, sluggish in qualifying, sluggish within the race.

There was a big-time mitigating circumstance on Sunday within the type of a DRS failure, however Ricciardo additionally acknowledged that even exterior of that he felt no grip – and due to this fact had no tempo.

The Aussie is holding out hope for some kind of reply, presumably a technical one, an underlying deficiency along with his MCL36 relative to that of team-mate Lando Norris.

However for now, with out a proof, it appears downright grim. – VK

AlphaTauri (and Yuki Tsunoda specifically)

We thought we had been finished with writing about Tsunoda doing career-threateningly daft issues and will simply write about him fulfilling his F1 promise now. We had been untimely, it seems.

After the frankly fairly garbage Montreal pit exit shunt, at Silverstone his try to go team-mate Pierre Gasly wrecked each their races, leaving Tsunoda to complete final on the street and finally forcing Gasly out.

What made it worse was that after a reasonably quiet weekend, the early drama had allowed them to rise to very promising seventh and eighth locations – at the very least till Tsunoda’s clumsy transfer despatched them tumbling backwards.

Pink Bull might not have any quick apparent 2023 replacements for Tsunoda handy, however it’s going to absolutely discover a method to recruit one if Tsunoda continues his latest pattern reasonably than getting again to being the higher model of himself. – MB