Then there was perhaps THE storyline: Oscar Piastri’s ten-second penalty for a Safety Car infringement, coming after the McLaren driver braked heavily near the end of a Safety Car period. Piastri was running up front and leading the field to the restart, but after serving the penalty he came out behind Norris, and had to settle for second.

Fans, drivers and celebrities at the British Grand Prix faced a chaotic race when downpours hit Silverstone on Sunday. In front of record crowds of 168,000 people on Sunday and 500,000 over the weekend, Lando Norris claimed victory for Mclaren.

F1 has launched another project with Lego - this time redesigning the iconic British Grand Prix winners' trophies in Lego bricks