British Grand Prix: Formula One – live updates
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Today’s proceedings had a twist, with drivers out in Lego karts. All a bit of fun, though one driver wasn’t so keen. In a Viaplay interview, Max Verstappen said this: “I prefer to play with Lego at home, you know, with the kids. Not on a go-kart here, to be honest. I prefer to stand on a truck, just with everyone together. I think that’s more fun and I think it also looks more professional.
“At the end of the day we are Formula One drivers, I think we should not look like kids and clowns trying to ram into each other. I don’t think that is what Formula One needs, but it is what it is.”
The competition was tight and intense so Antonelli was pushed hard, but on the final runs he found a level that could not be matched. The 19-year-old, who leads the world championship and won the sprint race on Saturday morning, had almost two-tenths on Charles Leclerc in second and three-tenths on Hamilton in third, no small margins. His Mercedes teammate, George Russell, in the same machinery, was fourth, nearly four-tenths back.
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