Silverstone

United Kingdom • July 07, 2024 • Race

Worth Watching Score

8.0

Changeable weather turned Silverstone into a proper mixed-conditions chess match, with rain bursts, 42 overtakes, and strategy calls deciding the day. Mercedes and McLaren traded control as the track flipped between wet and dry, and Lando Norris’s late switch back to slicks left him on the back foot. Lewis Hamilton nailed the crossover and, on softs, held off a fast-closing Max Verstappen on hards to seal a home win, while a lone DNF (George Russell) trimmed the chaos. Not a crash-fest, but the weather drama, lead changes, and tense finale make it a solid, watchable Grand Prix.

Score Breakdown

Dimension Dim	Value Val	Score Scr	Weight Wt	+Score +	vs Avg Avg
Rain Factor Weather conditions during the race, indicating whether it remained dry or featured rain and mixed wet-dry periods.	Y	10.0	0.20	+2.0	+441%
Tyre Strategy Variety Number of distinct tyre compound sequences used by the top 6 finishers, where different pit stop orders count as unique strategies.	4.0	10.0	0.20	+2.0	+54%
Top3 Gap Time gap in seconds between the race winner and the second-place finisher at the checkered flag.	1.5	9.34	0.20	+1.87	+52%
Overtakes Top10 Number of on-track position changes between drivers who finished in the top ten classified positions.	17.0	3.21	0.25	+0.8	-11%
Overtakes Total Total number of on-track position changes recorded throughout the entire race across all positions.	41.0	3.57	0.15	+0.53	-12%
Team Variety Number of different constructor teams represented among the top five finishing positions.	4.0	10.0	0.05	+0.5	+14%
Unique Tyre Compounds Number of different tyre compound types (dry, intermediate, wet) used by five or more drivers during the race.	2.0	10.0	0.02	+0.2	+82%
Grid Chaos Weighted score measuring dramatic position changes from qualifying grid to race finish, with higher scores for top-five starters who drop back or backmarkers who finish on the podium.	5.0	0.64	0.10	+0.06	-85%
Dnf Factor Combined count of drivers who did not finish (DNF), did not start (DNS), or were disqualified (DSQ) from the race.	1.0	2.0	0.03	+0.06	-54%
Race Interruptions Combined total of safety car deployments, virtual safety car periods, and red flag stoppages that interrupted the race.	0.0	0.0	0.20	+0.0	-100%

Pos	Driver	Tyre Strategy	Status
1	Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes	M→I→S	Finished
2	Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing	M→I→H	Finished
3	Lando NORRIS McLaren	M→I→S	Finished
4	Oscar PIASTRI McLaren	M→I→M	Finished
5	Carlos SAINZ Ferrari	M→I→H→S	Finished
6	Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team	M→I→S	Finished
7	Lance STROLL Aston Martin	M→I→M	Finished
8	Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin	M→I→M	Finished
9	Alexander ALBON Williams	M→I→M	Finished
10	Yuki TSUNODA RB	M→I→S	Finished
11	Logan SARGEANT Williams	M→I→S	Finished
12	Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team	M→I→S	Finished
13	Daniel RICCIARDO RB	M→I→S	Finished
14	Charles LECLERC Ferrari	M→I→I→S	Finished
15	Valtteri BOTTAS Kick Sauber	M→I→S	Finished
16	Esteban OCON Alpine	S→I→M→I→M	Finished
17	Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing	H→I→I→M→S	Finished
18	ZHOU Guanyu Kick Sauber	S→M→I→I→S	Finished
19	George RUSSELL Mercedes	M→I	DNF
20	Pierre GASLY Alpine	M	DNS