Setup choice that helped Verstappen to pole is now derailing his British GP win chances

After the chaotic start to the race that saw several drivers, including George Russell and Charles Leclerc, take a trye gamble that by lap 11 it had become clear it was not going to pay off.

Earlier, though, on lap 8, after several laps of hunting Verstappen down, Oscar Piastri overtook the Dutchman and then never looked back.

Then the Dutchman complained to his box of a recurring issue in his RB21: its short tyre life span. As he struggled with his tyres, the Dutchman went off on the last corner of the Maggotts and Becketts section which then allowed Norris to get past him.

However, the Dutchman would regain his place at the pitstops, due to McLaren's execution being over three seconds too long.

The rain, on lap 13, forced race direction to neutralise the on-track action with a full safety car, thus eliminating the advantage Oscar Piastri had managed to build on his chasers. Russell then managed to gain some positions back and placed P9 ahead of a disgruntled Fernando Alonso who fired back at his team of 'never getting it right' with him, as he lost places, whilst Lance Stroll sat pretty in P4.