Silverstone's crowd roared their approval as Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the 2023 British Grand Prix. Mark Hughes examines what made McLaren suddenly competitive, and why Ferrari's pace disappeared in the F1 race
Max Verstappen took his eighth victory from 10 races around Silverstone, extending Red Bull's consecutive unbeaten record to 11 in a dominant display. But what will be remembered about this race probably won't be Verstappen's routinely perfect performance but the way Lando Norris got the crowd roaring its approval by beating him off the line and leading for a few laps at the start, with the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri applying some pressure from behind.
It was something of a mirage of course, just the product of a better starts for the McLarens which had qualified second and third. But the way the competitive order behind Verstappen was shuffled this weekend was intriguing, with McLaren very much best of the rest, Ferrari falling like a stone, Aston Martin struggling throughout and Williams' Alex Albon able to engage Fernando Alonso in battle on equal terms...
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