The 2026 British Grand Prix weekend saw the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team take home 20 points in total across two days of competitive action at Silverstone. This included 12 championship points scored this afternoon by Lando Norris, with the British driver climbing two positions to finish P4, as Sunday's race was completed under a Safety Car following Max Verstappen's late incident at Stowe corner.
Today's result therefore mirrors the overall level of performance witnessed throughout the weekend. A well-executed strategy put Lando in condition to challenge Verstappen and remain in contention, allowing the team to take advantage of opportunities that emerged during the second half of the race. Lando's home race result was boosted by capitalising on mistakes and misfortune of cars ahead, adding valuable championship points to his and the team's tally to date.
Oscar was also in condition to gain positions throughout the race, albeit in the second half of the field, following a frustrating opening lap that saw the Australian driver drop positions with an early stop after receiving damage when he was sandwiched between the two VCARB drivers, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad. With not enough footage available to evaluate the MCL40's damage while on track, the team lost the opportunity to immediately pit Oscar and were forced to call him into the box the following lap, resulting in a nose box change and Hard compound tyres being fitted to enable a longer opening stint.
Once more, following the same trend seen since Barcelona, there is a clear need to improve performance from the MCL40 to close the gap to the leading teams. While valuable progress was made throughout the weekend, a consistent deficit to the front-runners remained evident across every session at Silverstone, highlighting the work still required to compete at the very front of the field.
Closing this performance gap remains the team's highest priority. Every session throughout the weekend provided valuable data and insights, which will now be analysed extensively by the trackside and factory team. This collaborative effort will be crucial in identifying opportunities to improve the car's overall competitiveness.
The overall objective remains unchanged, to close the gap to the leading teams and consistently challenge for podium finishes and race victories. With a significant upgrade package scheduled to be introduced for the Hungarian Grand Prix later this month, the entire McLaren Mastercard team remains fully focused on extracting the maximum potential from every aspect of the current package until those developments arrive.
Andrea Stella - Team Principal : "Today's Grand Prix is a welcome result with good points overall for the team, but we are under no illusions about where we stand. We were the fourth-fastest car out there, and we benefited from the misfortune of others. Therefore, today's result was a mixed bag for the team. We are pleased to come away with a fourth-place finish for Lando, which is beyond what we felt we deserved on pure pace. The strategy team did an excellent job though with the late stop, and Lando drove well to capitalise on the opportunities that arose during the race.
"Unfortunately, Oscar's race was ruined on the first lap after being involved in an accident that damaged his front wing, preventing him from scoring any points. The clearest takeaway from this weekend is that we must improve the performance of the car. We have a consistent gap to the front-runners that we need to close if we are to be in contention for podiums and wins, which is our ultimate goal. We have some major upgrades planned for Hungary, and until then, the entire team trackside and at the factory must continue to work hard and maximise every opportunity."
In an enthralling British Grand Prix at Silverstone, George Russell claimed his maiden home race podium with P2 whilst Kimi Antonelli was highly unfortunate to finish outside of the points. Kimi had started on pole position but lost positions off the line with a slow start, relegating him to P3 behind the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton whilst George held P4. Kimi managed to pass Hamilton in his first stint and then extended once Leclerc pitted; his pace enabled him to come out just 7.5s behind Leclerc on 10 lap fresher tyres and he looked set to fight the Monegasque driver for the win. George meanwhile became involved in the battle for P3, taking track position on Hamilton when his former team-mate served a five-second time penalty. That battle would end though when George was forced into a second stop due to a slow puncture. Up front, Kimi's charge for the win would soon be halted as a front left wheel shield failure impacted the car balance and led to multiple pit stops to sort the damage. He rejoined in P10 and would have likely scored a handful of points before a late race Safety Car was deployed as the Red Bull of Max Verstappen found the gravel. That elevated George to P3 after he fought back from his puncture; he then took P2 after Hamilton pitted under the Safety Car, but the race didn't restart. The team heads into the final double-header before shutdown still leading the Constructors' Championship with Kimi and George P1 and P2 in the Drivers' Championship.
Toto Wolff: That was a dramatic race. We are super happy for George as he has not quite gelled with the car as he would have liked this weekend. He has shown great resilience though, kept working hard and even after the puncture that took him out of the fight for P3, battled back. We were hopeful that the Safety Car would stay out at the end as we had Lewis (Hamilton) right behind on fresh tyres and so it proved; a first home podium here at Silverstone is a well-deserved result.
On the other side, it was an unfortunate race for Kimi. He showed great pace and would have been a strong contender for victory before the wheel shield failure. We weren't 100% clear what the damage was and once we worked it out, we thought that was his race done. He did well to maintain P10 on track but the Safety Car, as he still had to serve a five-second time penalty, went against him.
We will now reset and recalibrate before heading to Spa and Hungary for the final double header before the summer break. We are in a strong position in both championships but know we can't afford to continue suffering from these reliability issues. That is something that all of us are working hard to get on top of and improve.
Andrew Shovlin: Well done to George for recovering from the puncture to finish P2 at the flag. He was in a close race with Max (Verstappen) and Lewis (Hamilton) when we spotted a slow puncture on lap 33 and had to come in for new tyres. At that point it looked like he was very much fighting for the podium, so it was disappointing to drop to P6 but then a bit of a surprise to gain the place back to the Ferrari at the final Safety Car. He showed good resilience and kept a cool head to take his first home race podium.
Kimi had a very unfortunate race. His start wasn't as good as yesterday, but he was able to pass Lewis on track and was closing Leclerc towards the first stop. We delayed pitting him to generate a tyre life advantage and once onto the Hard tyre, it looked like we would catch him in just a few laps. We then suffered a sudden wheel shield failure which felt to Kimi like the suspension had failed. We made a couple of stops to understand and improve the issue, and even then he was on track to finish in the top 10 but the Safety Car finish, combined with the penalty for leaving the track during the problem, dropped him out of the points.
Overall, there have been some frustrations this weekend. We've faced some issues within our control, some outside of them, but we'll review where we need to improve and hopefully come back stronger in Spa.
Laurent Mekies: "I have full trust that as a Team we will react in a very strong way and tackle both the reliability and performance aspects that prevented from extracting everything out of our package this weekend
"First and foremost we must start by apologising to Max. An issue with the rear wing on his car developed in the closing stages of the race which ultimately sent him off track. It's not the first time an incident of this kind has happened, we are taking it extremely seriously and will put in place everything necessary to make sure it does not happen again. What matters tonight is that Max is okay.
"Looking at the race up to that point, our pace was better than at any time this weekend, with Max and the Team executing a strong race which put us in a solid third place, before the incident happened. That would have put us in front of one Mercedes and both McLarens on a weekend where we had some pretty serious balance and performance limitations. Isack had a solid weekend, a very good qualifying yesterday and then a strong race today. He wanted more, but we'll take that P5.
"There is certainly a lot we need to look at, as things looked a lot more difficult than one week ago in Austria, where we could fight for the win. I have full trust that as a Team we will react in a very strong way and tackle both the reliability and performance aspects that prevented from extracting everything out of our package this weekend."
Scuderia Ferrari HP enjoyed a memorable afternoon at Silverstone, where Charles Leclerc claimed victory in the British Grand Prix, giving Ferrari its 250th Formula 1 World Championship victory at the very circuit where the Scuderia took its first in 1951, courtesy of José Froilán González and the 375 F1. It is the team's second win of the season and Charles Leclerc's first of 2026. The win takes his career tally with Ferrari to nine, drawing level with Rubens Barrichello in eighth place on the Scuderia's all-time winners' list. Today's result was the culmination of an outstanding team performance, with Lewis Hamilton joining his team-mate on the podium in third place.
Both Scuderia drivers made excellent starts, passing Kimi Antonelli in the first few corners promoting Charles to the lead and Lewis to second place. The Monegasque pitted on lap 25, rejoining in second place behind the Italian, before reclaiming the lead when the Mercedes driver made his own stop. Antonelli's retirement simplified Leclerc's task, allowing him to focus solely on managing his advantage all the way to the finish. Hamilton's race proved far more eventful. The Englishman had to serve a five-second penalty for a jumped start, which he served during his pit stop on lap 23. As a result, he found himself battling George Russell and Max Verstappen, losing valuable time before a puncture slowed the Mercedes driver, while an alternative strategy prompted the Red Bull driver to make an additional pit stop. With six laps remaining, Verstappen's retirement brought out the Safety Car. Both Ferraris immediately pitted for Soft tyres to ensure they were in the best possible shape for the restart. Charles rejoined still in the lead, while Lewis slotted in behind Russell, poised to challenge his fellow Briton once racing resumed. However, the recovery of Verstappen's Red Bull took longer than expected, meaning the race finished behind the Safety Car, with Leclerc taking the win ahead of Russell and Hamilton.
Today's win confirms the progress Scuderia Ferrari HP has made over the course of this season so far. Formula 1 will be back in action in two weeks' time for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
Fred Vasseur: This is a mega-positive result for the team, especially as we came to Silverstone expecting quite a challenging race. Here at the track and back in the factory, everyone did a very good job to close the gap to those ahead, Charles was able to stay in front and in the end we finished P1 and P3. I am particularly pleased for Charles as he had to deal with some challenges these last few weeks: here at Silverstone he was able to regain his confidence in the car and was immediately rewarded with this result. As for Lewis, he dropped to third with the Safety Car: I think stopping him was the right decision as we were quite sure the race would have been restarted and with the Soft tyres it would have been quite easy for him to overtake Russell.
James Vowles, Team Principal: "A tough weekend at an iconic Grand Prix. Carlos did everything right, but the car simply isn't fast enough. Despite adding performance to the car this weekend and making a small step, others are making far larger leaps than we are, which we need to dig into - and understand whether we're really getting the performance we expected. Ultimately, we need to dig in, reset, and come back swinging. Thank you to Alex, who, after his lap 1 incident and with no chance of points, gathered some vital data on the new package to help us understand where to improve. Finally, a thank you to all of our fans here at Silverstone - this event is one of the best in the world, and it is a pleasure and privilege to be here with hundreds of thousands of people cheering us on."
Alan Permane: "Another near-perfect weekend for us. Congratulations to both drivers and the team; a perfectly executed weekend all round. The strategy was spot on, the pace was excellent and we put ourselves in a position to maximise what was happening in front of us as the race unfolded. Everyone has been performing at a consistently high level from the drivers to the trackside team and of course, both our amazing factories in Milton Keynes and Faenza - it's rewarding to see that hard work translating into results. We've had four quick races with two more before the summer break and we look forward to repeating that success in Spa ."
Mike Krack: "We finished our home race at Silverstone with both cars, but it was a difficult afternoon with our performance level limiting our opportunities to progress. Both drivers used the same strategy: starting on the Medium tyres, then changing to Hards, before moving to the Softs under the Safety Car. Fernando had a car systems issue on the way to the grid, forcing him to start from pit lane, so we need to investigate the cause further. It was great to see so much support from the British fans this weekend - we will keep pushing and there is more performance coming soon."
TGR Haas F1 Team finished with Ollie Bearman 13th and Esteban Ocon 14th at the British Grand Prix, held Sunday at Silverstone.
Bearman took the start from 13th position on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires, having been promoted one place due to a grid penalty for Pierre Gasly, but was pitched into a spin by Alex Albon at Brooklands on lap one - for which stewards sanctioned the Williams driver with a 10-second time penalty. Bearman re-joined at the rear of the field and made some progress through the first stint, before pitting on lap 31 for a set of White hard tires.
Bearman stopped again on lap 49 for Red soft tires, under a safety car period caused by Max Verstappen's off, though the race did not resume green flag running. Bearman finished 14th on-the-road but was promoted to 13th post-race by Kimi Antonelli's penalty.
Ocon started from 17th position, also on medium tires, and made progress through the opening laps to run 11th, but lost places as the stint progressed. Ocon came into the pit lane on lap 21, during a brief virtual safety car period caused by an umbrella on the circuit's run-off, but unfortunately lost time due to a slow change onto hard tires.
Ocon also pitted under the late safety car period, taking on red tires, and finished 15th, which became 14th upon the application of Antonelli's time sanction.
TGR Haas F1 Team holds seventh position in the Constructors' Championship on 21 points.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "The last two days we've found it a tough challenge, but there's lots of positives in the way we communicated and operated this weekend and today. We really tried to get ourselves further up the road, but the car just wasn't fast enough. I really believe that the drivers and the engineering team got the most out of it. In the pit stops we had some issues, but there's multiple reasons for that, but honestly as a team we should be taking every single issue forward as an opportunity to improve. In certain areas we raised the game, so we just need to keep raising the bar, keep setting new standards and when we have a better car, which all the factory are working hard on, we should be able to take advantage of it. It's not the home grand prix we were hoping for or aiming for, especially at Ollie's home grand prix, but I think we're moving together as a team united and that's the main thing."
Audi Revolut F1 Team celebrated a welcome return to the points at the British Grand Prix, with Gabriel Bortoleto delivering an impressive drive to finish eighth and score the team's first points since the season opener in Melbourne. After losing positions at the start, the Brazilian fought back with determination and composure to secure a well-deserved top-eight finish. On the other side of the garage, Nico Hulkenberg's race came to an early end due to a gearbox issue, resulting in retirement. Despite the mixed outcome, the result marks another important step forward for the team, underlining the progress made in recent races and providing further encouragement ahead of the next round at Spa-Francorchamps.
Allan McNish, Racing Director: "Overall, it's been a very rewarding race day for the team here at Silverstone. Scoring our first points since Melbourne is a significant milestone and a reflection of the hard work, patience and determination everyone has shown over a long period of time. We believed that if we kept executing well and continued to develop, the result would come, and today it did.
"Gabi recovered brilliantly after losing positions at the start, fighting back strongly to finish eighth. It was a composed and determined drive, and a result that everyone at the factory and trackside can be proud of.
"On the other side of the garage, it was disappointing to lose Nico with a gearbox issue after what had been a promising weekend. That makes it something of a bittersweet afternoon as he also had great pace, but taking more points is an important step forward for the whole team. We'll enjoy this moment, take the positives from the weekend, and immediately turn our attention to Spa-Francorchamps."
Flavio Briatore: "Double points at the home race for the team is a good result from where we started the race and the relative performance level we have shown across the weekend. We know we need to keep improving and push hard with bringing new parts to the car, especially as we have to compete and race more consistently with the Racing Bulls, who have looked strong at the last two races. We know we're in a close fight with them in the standings, but we aren't close on track currently. The team is pushing at Enstone, and we all need to pull in the same direction to return to where we were previously and leading the midfield fight."
The Cadillac Formula 1® Team secured a competitive double car finish in today's British Grand Prix.
Checo Perez passed the checkered flag 15th, with teammate Valtteri Bottas 17th after a hard-fought 52 laps. The result is a positive step for the team, building on the momentum of the upgrades introduced last week.
The next round of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship™ will take place at the historic Spa-Francorchamps Circuit, home of the Belgian Grand Prix, in two weeks' time.
Graeme Lowdon, Team Principal: "The team has shown its resilience this weekend, particularly at the end of a very challenging double header. But more than that, it was a really strong race. Both cars had good starts and the pace to run comfortably ahead of the Astons and race with the Haas cars. I would like to thank everyone in the team for their constant hard work."
Charles Leclerc took victory in the British Grand Prix, which finished under Safety Car conditions. Behind the Ferrari driver, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton came home in second and third respectively. For Leclerc, it marks his first win of the season, while for Scuderia Ferrari it is victory number 250.
The initial strategy planned by most teams was a one-stop, but two neutralisations in the closing stages forced all drivers to make at least two pit stops. The entire grid started on C2 before switching to the Hard compound.
Most of the front-runners opted to fit the Soft for the final stint. Russell, however, had already switched from Hard to Medium during his second stop and therefore chose to prioritise track position, bringing the race to a close on the yellow-marked tyre.
As the race ended behind the Safety Car, the drivers who had chosen the C3 were unable to fully exploit its performance potential.
Kimi Antonelli completed the highest number of laps on the Medium, covering 35 laps on the C2, while Oscar Piastri recorded the longest stint on the Hard with 34 laps. The greatest number of laps on the Soft, 12, was completed by Alexander Albon.
Despite finishing outside the points, Antonelli retains the lead in the Drivers' Championship with 179 points. The Italian is ahead of his team-mate, now on 154, while Lewis Hamilton occupies third place with 147 points.
Dario Marrafuschi: All teams converged today on a single strategy, the same one our simulations had identified as the quickest. Up until the first Virtual Safety Car, therefore, the Grand Prix did not show significant variation from this perspective, aside from the timing of the switch from Medium to Hard.
The early pit stops by some drivers were also influenced by the level of tyre degradation, which in the opening phase of the race proved higher than observed in previous days, partly due to the higher temperatures recorded on Sunday.
With the first neutralisation, some attempted to take advantage of increased grip by fitting a new set of C2. However, it was the final Safety Car that not only introduced the widespread use of the softest compound, the C3, but also determined the order of the podium finishers.
George Russell was able to secure second place having already made his second pit stop due to debris, while the two Ferrari drivers stopped to fit Soft tyres, anticipating a restart that ultimately did not take place.
Pirelli's commitment at Silverstone does not end today. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will return to the track, with the support of Mercedes and Williams, for two further days of development testing aimed at defining the construction of next season's slick tyres.
