Martin Brundle is anticipating a “truly epic” rest of the Formula 1 season after the result of the British Grand Prix.
For the last couple of years, there has been little title intrigue in the sport. After a blockbuster battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen for the 2021 championship, the latter and his Red Bull team have dominated F1 for much of the time since.
But things have changed this year. First, McLarenbegan to take the fight to the defending champions with Lando Norris in particular giving Verstappen a hard time. And then Ferrari, after winning in Austrialia when the Dutchman suffered a DNF, did it again in Monaco as Red Bull had an off weekend.
Now, it is Mercedes‘ turn to announce themselves as contenders again. George Russellpicked up the pieces in Austria when Verstappen and Norris collided but Hamilton’s win at Silverstone, his first F1 victory for 945 days, was achieved on merit.
It presents the mouth-watering prospect of four teams being in contention for most races going forward and, by extension, eight drivers who could win. Writing in his Sky Sports column, Brundle could barely contain his excitement about it.
Recapping the Silverstone race, the former F1 driver wrote: “Verstappen lacked dry pace in his Red Bull in the early stages and says that he was imagining a fifth or sixth-place finish. But he stuck with it, worked well with his engineer, and fired up his new hard compound tyres very well to set off after Norris and Hamilton in the closing stages.
