F1 Starting Grid 70th Anniversary GP
Starting grid 70th Anniversary F1 Grand Prix
F1 Race Event: 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
Race Track: Silverstone
Start time:14:10 local | 14:10 GMT | 07:10 PT
The starting grid for the special 70th Anniversary Formula 1 Grand Prix is still provisional, because Esteban Ocon probably will be penalized for holding up George Russell in Q1.
F1 Starting Grid 70th Anniversary GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | Pole gap | Tyres |
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:25,154 | M (C3) | |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25,217 | +0,063s | M (C3) |
| 3 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Racing Point | 1:26,082 | +0,928s | M (C3) |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:26,176 | +1,022s | H (C4) |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:26,297 | +1,143s | M (C3) |
| 6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:26,428 | +1,274s | M (C3) |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:26,534 | +1,380s | M (C3) |
| 8 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:26,614 | +1,460s | M (C3) |
| 9 | 23 | Alex Albon | Red Bull | 1:26,669 | +1,515s | M (C3) |
| 10 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:26,778 | +1,624s | M (C3) |
| 11 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:27,078 | +1,924s | free |
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:27,083 | +1,929s | free |
| 13 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:27,254 | +2,100s | free |
| 14 | 31 | *Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:27,011 | +1,857s | free |
| 15 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:27,455 | +2,301s | free |
| 16 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:27,882 | +2,728s | free |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:28,236 | +3,082s | free |
| 18 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:28,430 | +3,276s | free |
| 19 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:28,433 | +3,279s | free |
| 20 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:28,493 | +3,339s | free |
*Penalties: Car 31 - 3 place grid penalty - Impeding another driver
70th Anniversary F1 GP Race Strategy
With the tyres nominated here (a step softer than last week) a one-stop strategy for the 52-lap race is unadvisable, so a two-stopper is set to be the strategy. The quickest way depends on track temperature and resulting wear on the medium tyre, but optimally it would be to do two stints on the medium tyre of 15 laps each and then a final stint on the hard of 22 laps.
Alternatively, 12 laps on the medium, followed by two stints of 20 laps each on the hard.
The second-quickest strategy is to start on the hard with two stints of 23 laps each, then finish on the soft.
Very close to that is a two-stopper with 19 laps on the medium, 25 laps on the hard and eight laps on the soft. The hard and the medium stints can be swapped here.
70th Anniversary F1 GP Race Notes
- Medium tyre. All but one of the drivers in the top 10 on the grid set their fastest Q2 time on the medium tyre, and so will start the race on this compound tomorrow, as per our fastest predicted strategy.
- Max Verstappen. The sole exception was Red Bull driver Max Verstappen who got through Q2 on the hard tyre and so will start the race from P4 on this compound.
- Temperatures. Track temperatures were around 40 degrees throughout qualifying, with similar conditions expected tomorrow. Wind was also a factor, which is often a complication at Silverstone, affecting aerodynamic balance. This could be one factor in the cars being slightly slower compared to last week's qualifying, despite having a softer tyre choice.
- Quali strategies. Unusually, there were different strategies in Q3 as well. Having begun Q3 on the soft tyres, both Mercedes drivers set first and second fastest times using the medium compound.
- Nico Hulkenberg. The stand-in Racing Point driver will start his first grand prix since Abu Dhabi 2019 from third on the grid, having set his best time on the soft tyre.
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