Race
F1 2025
Round 12

P5 for Verstappen in the rain

gb Silverstone

Max Verstappen started from pole position but finished P5, while Yuki Tsunoda was classified P15 after receiving a time penalty for contact. Both Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson retired from the race due to separate collisions.

P5 for Verstappen in the rain
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen 1
Oracle Red Bull Racing
Today wasn’t great. We didn’t think it was going to be so wet today; the weather forecast overnight changed and it was not in our favour, so it was really difficult with the rear wing that we had today. Every time we were low on downforce and couldn’t balance it out in the high and low speed, with the tools that we had. Of course, I had the spin and we lost a lot of positions at the restart. I don’t really know what happened as I tried to go on the throttle, but we recovered it as much as we could to get to P5. Even after that happened, I continued and the car had no pace which wasn’t great. From a positive side, we got our strategy right and did the right thing with the pit stop and staying on the inters. All the calls were correct but the inters just lacked a bit of pace. That is racing though, we will never be happy with fifth, but we move on to the next race. The race wasn’t that enjoyable for me but it was nice to see Nico get his first podium and I’m sure he will be celebrating tonight. Spa is next and my favourite on the calendar, so hopefully we will go a bit better there.

Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda 22
Oracle Red Bull Racing
It was not easy out there at all today but somehow it was not really that messy a race for myself. I just struggled with the pace a lot and even in the dry I didn’t have great pace. The rain and the conditions were the main issue today and then I had massive deg on the tyres, as usual. The incident with Ollie was really tricky, the touch itself was very light and in those conditions, it can have massive consequences. I found him to say sorry immediately after the race. In terms of short runs, I have a couple of positives to take away from this weekend but on the long runs, somehow, I just deg like crazy. I had good confidence in the rain so we need to look into why I couldn’t find the pace. The downforce may have contributed but it’s much more than that, we were still slower than we should have been. The car should be different for Belgium, and we will go away and work hard in the time we have off until then.

Isack Hadjar
Isack Hadjar 6
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
Racing in these tough conditions means that it’s always a little bit of a gamble out there. At the start of the race, I was following Charles and it seemed we had a good pace; we were on the same strategy, but it wasn't the right one. During the laps we spent behind the Safety Car, I couldn’t see much due to the heavy rain and the tyre temperature dropped. After the restart, I wish I could have maybe had a bit more margin, but when I saw the red light of the back of Kimi’s car, it was already too late as there was just zero visibility. Thankfully, I’m okay. Now we reset, and I’m already looking forward to racing in Spa in a couple of weeks. 

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson 30
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
Unfortunately, our race ended early due to a racing incident. We made the right call on tyres and had a strong start, so it’s a shame we couldn’t show the car’s full potential. I think we had a really good car today, especially suited to the mixed conditions. It was a race full of opportunity, and we missed out on some big points. Looking ahead to Spa in a few weeks, we’re aiming for another weekend in the points, it’ll be another special one in an F1 car.


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