2025 British Grand Prix F1 results: Norris takes home win in front of record crowds

Lando Norris has won the 2025 British Grand Prix after an unpredictable and drama-filled race run in mixed conditions in front of a record-breaking F1 crowd, with 500,000 spectators visiting Silverstone over the course of the weekend. 

Oscar Piastri finished a dejected second after a controversial penalty for a Safety Car infringement, while Nico Hülkenberg finally took his first – and a very popular – podium at the 239th time of asking.

Formula 1

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With rain in the air, the formation lap was run behind the Safety Car and as the grid formed up, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar all pitted for slicks, leaving some gaps at the start line.

It was a good start for Oscar Piastri, but Max Verstappen hung around the outside to maintain the lead, while Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton battled over third. 
In the opening lap skirmishes, Liam Lawson collided with Esteban Ocon, bringing out a Virtual Safety Car.

After another early VSC, the fight was on for the lead with Piastri applying huge pressure to Verstappen. Lap 8 saw Oscar get the move done, as he seized the lead into Stowe. 

The rain began to come down heavier and heavier, and after a brief stint on the Soft tyre where he made plenty of progress, Lance Stroll pitted at the opportune moment for Intermediates. 

With Max struggling on severely worn tyres, Lando was now on the prowl and as the Dutchman went wide at Chapel, the home hero made his way into second. 

Piastri, Norris and Verstappen all headed to the pits for new Intermediates, but a slow stop for Lando allowed Max back past into second. 

As the rain intensified, Verstappen and Norris had to navigate Alex Albon who was yet to pit. In the meantime, Piastri had pulled out a 14-second advantage at the front and Stroll had climbed to fourth. 

With the rain now torrential, there was little choice but to bring out the Safety Car on lap 14. 

After three laps, things got back underway and George Russell made his way past Hamilton at Abbey at the restart. 

Russell then got held up by Esteban Ocon, so Hamilton surged around the outside of the pair of them.

Not long after, Hadjar crashed into the back of Antonelli at Copse, bringing out another Safety Car. 

The Safety Car ended on Lap 21, and Piastri braked to ensure he had enough of a gap for the restart. That caught Max unawares, as the Red Bull went sailing past the McLaren. 

That incident earned Piastri a 10-second penalty, but not before a ruffled Verstappen spun at Stowe, which saw him tumble down the order to 10th. 

With Verstappen out of podium contention, that left Stroll and Nico Hülkenberg to fight over the final podium position. 

On Lap 24, Hamilton went wide at Copse, allowing Russell through into sixth. He quickly reclaimed the position and set about pressuring Pierre Gasly. Five laps later, he lunged at the French driver into Vale to take the position and begin chasing down Stroll and Hülkenberg. 

DRS was enabled on Lap 35, allowing Hülkenberg to slip past Stroll into Stowe, and Hamilton then made his way past the Canadian at Village and set about chasing down Hülkenberg. 

On Lap 38, Aston Martin and Fernando Alonso became the first to blink and change to slick tyres. Russell followed suit the following lap, before the Brit spun spectacularly at Becketts. 

With a few more laps of track drying ticked off, Hamilton pitted from fourth on Lap 42, as did Stroll, Verstappen and Gasly. Hülkenberg pitted a lap later and Piastri boxed a lap after that to serve his penalty. 

Norris stopped a lap after his team-mate, rejoining in the lead and from there, he didn’t look back to take an emphatic home win in front of record crowds at Silverstone. 

Hamilton was unable to wrestle the final podium spot from Hülkenberg, who, having started 19th, finally took his first F1 podium after 239 attempts.

Formula 2

Feature Race snapshot

Unlike the uncertainty of the F3 race earlier in the morning, the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race got underway in very wet conditions. 

Home favourites Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning started in 11th and 12th respectively, while Sprint Race winner Leonardo Fornaroli started 10th, points leader Richard Verschoor 7th and Victor Martins was joined on the front row by McLaren junior Alex Dunne.

It was a terrible launch for polesitter Martins with Crawford surging into an early lead. Further back, the Brits were on the move with Lindblad up to eighth by end of lap 1. 

The home heroes went wheel-to-wheel, as a resurgent Browning got the move done on his compatriot at Club on Lap 2. It wasn’t long before Browning was on the move again, diving to the inside of Verschoor at Copse to take seventh. 

On Lap 5, Browning’s charge continued at Sebastián Montoya expense as he jumped up to sixth. Then, Roman Staněk, Joshua Dürksen and Browning went into combat over fourth on Lap 9. Staněk lost out to Dürksen, with Browning following the Paraguayan driver through. 

Browning was relentless, as he then began pressuring Dürksen. On Lap 12 the Brit made his move and secured fourth. 

Browning started to close in on Martins on Lap 16 and by the 18th tour DRS had been enabled allowing Luke to send it around the outside of Luffield snatching the final podium spot. Lap 20 saw Dunne move into DRS range of race leader Crawford for the first time as the pair vied for the race lead.

On Lap 23, Browning pitted for Wet tyres and fell to 10th. Crawford followed not long after, before a Virtual Safety Car deployed, which then transitioned into a full Safety Car. 

Once the pitstops had cycled through, Crawford reemerged as the leader followed by Dunne and Browning with Dürksen and Dino Beganovic behind. 

The Safety Car ended at end of Lap 27 leaving the drivers with a two-lap sprint to the flag, but, on the restart, Dürksen spun out of fourth at the exit of Club, stalling the car and bringing out another Safety Car. 

In the end, the field crossed the line under Safety Car conditions, with Crawford taking the win ahead of Dunne, home hero Browning in third who’d made up a remarkable nine positions, with Beganovic and Montoya rounding out the top five. Sprint winner Fornaroli came home sixth ahead of points leader Verschoor and Lindblad in eighth.

Formula 3

Feature Race snapshot 

The start of Formula 3’s Feature Race was delayed as intermittent rain raised questions on tyre choice for the teams and drivers. 

Title contender Nikola Tsolov was on pole with Ugo Ugochukwu in second. Championship leader Rafael Câmara started third with Saturday’s Sprint winner Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 12th on the grid. 

Half the field opted for Wet tyres and the other half were on slicks, setting the stage for an unpredictable race ahead.

As the lights went out, it was Mari Boya who leapt into an early lead at Turn 1 with Théophile Naël slotting into second and Noel León third. 

The title contenders were in trouble, though. Câmara tumbled down the order to 19th, while Tsolov was the highest-placed slick runner having fallen to 17th.

At the front of the field, Boya extended his advantage to two seconds, meanwhile, Laurens van Hoepen relegated Inthraphuvasak to fifth on Lap 5.

As the track began to dry, León started to apply pressure to second-placed Naël, while Câmara thrived in the changing conditions, moving past Ugochukwu and Tsolov to lead the slick tyre runners. 

Torrential rain then started to fall at the end of Lap 10 bring out the Safety Car a lap later. After a further four tours, the race was red flagged and wouldn’t be restarted. 

Boya secured his first win of the season, with half points awarded, bringing him into championship contention with three rounds to go. Naël came second followed by León, Roman Bilinski and Christian Ho, while title contenders Tsolov and Câmara failed to score points.