<p>Formula One leader Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull stayed unbeaten in 2023 and equalled McLaren's 1988 record run of 11 victories in a row.</p>.<p>McLaren's Lando Norris finished second in front of a 160,000-strong home crowd at Silverstone, with his fellow Briton and seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes after starting seventh.</p>.<p>"Eleven in a row. That's pretty crazy," said Verstappen over the team radio after his sixth win in a row and eighth in 10 races this season.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/formula-1/indias-f1-dream-still-a-mirage-1201390.html" target="_blank">India's F1 dream still a mirage</a></strong></p>.<p>The double world champion also took the fastest lap to surge 99 points clear of closest rival and team mate Sergio Perez, who finished sixth after starting 15th.</p>.<p>Australian Oscar Piastri was fourth for McLaren with Britain's George Russell fifth for Mercedes and Fernando Alonso seventh for Aston Martin.</p>.<p>Alex Albon continued resurgent Williams's strong recent showing with eighth, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.</p>.<p>Verstappen started on pole position but did not have it all his own way with Norris, alongside on the front row, seizing the lead at the start.</p>.<p>The Briton stayed ahead until lap five when Verstappen passed with DRS (drag reduction) assistance at the end of the Wellington Straight.</p>.<p>The Red Bull did not disappear into the distance, however, with Norris still within a second of Verstappen five laps later and the McLaren drivers agreeing to hold position for the benefit of the team and to manage the tyres.</p>.<p>"I did what I could. I brought the fight to Max for as long as possible," said Norris.</p>.<p>The safety car, deployed from lap 33 to 38 after Haas driver Kevin Magnussen's engine died and burst into flames, bunched up the pack with the top three getting a cheap pitstop before the final 14 laps of racing.</p>.<p>Haas's Nico Hulkenberg and Perez made contact on lap eight in a battle for 13th, with the German then pitting for a new front wing.</p>.<p>Alpine's Esteban Ocon was the first retirement, told by the Renault-owned team that it was all over due to a hydraulic leak when he returned to the pits on lap 10.</p>.<p>Team mate Pierre Gasly also retired on a bleak afternoon for the Renault-owned outfit.</p>.<p>Organisers said 160,000 fans attended Sunday's race with a British Grand Prix record of 480,000 over the course of the event.</p>.<p>They could also breathe a sigh of relief after a feared protest by 'Just Stop Oil' campaigners, who invaded the track last year, failed to materialise. </p>
<p>Formula One leader Max Verstappen won the British Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull stayed unbeaten in 2023 and equalled McLaren's 1988 record run of 11 victories in a row.</p>.<p>McLaren's Lando Norris finished second in front of a 160,000-strong home crowd at Silverstone, with his fellow Briton and seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes after starting seventh.</p>.<p>"Eleven in a row. That's pretty crazy," said Verstappen over the team radio after his sixth win in a row and eighth in 10 races this season.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/formula-1/indias-f1-dream-still-a-mirage-1201390.html" target="_blank">India's F1 dream still a mirage</a></strong></p>.<p>The double world champion also took the fastest lap to surge 99 points clear of closest rival and team mate Sergio Perez, who finished sixth after starting 15th.</p>.<p>Australian Oscar Piastri was fourth for McLaren with Britain's George Russell fifth for Mercedes and Fernando Alonso seventh for Aston Martin.</p>.<p>Alex Albon continued resurgent Williams's strong recent showing with eighth, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.</p>.<p>Verstappen started on pole position but did not have it all his own way with Norris, alongside on the front row, seizing the lead at the start.</p>.<p>The Briton stayed ahead until lap five when Verstappen passed with DRS (drag reduction) assistance at the end of the Wellington Straight.</p>.<p>The Red Bull did not disappear into the distance, however, with Norris still within a second of Verstappen five laps later and the McLaren drivers agreeing to hold position for the benefit of the team and to manage the tyres.</p>.<p>"I did what I could. I brought the fight to Max for as long as possible," said Norris.</p>.<p>The safety car, deployed from lap 33 to 38 after Haas driver Kevin Magnussen's engine died and burst into flames, bunched up the pack with the top three getting a cheap pitstop before the final 14 laps of racing.</p>.<p>Haas's Nico Hulkenberg and Perez made contact on lap eight in a battle for 13th, with the German then pitting for a new front wing.</p>.<p>Alpine's Esteban Ocon was the first retirement, told by the Renault-owned team that it was all over due to a hydraulic leak when he returned to the pits on lap 10.</p>.<p>Team mate Pierre Gasly also retired on a bleak afternoon for the Renault-owned outfit.</p>.<p>Organisers said 160,000 fans attended Sunday's race with a British Grand Prix record of 480,000 over the course of the event.</p>.<p>They could also breathe a sigh of relief after a feared protest by 'Just Stop Oil' campaigners, who invaded the track last year, failed to materialise. </p>