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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, England
Sunday, 18 July 2021
Red Bull Racing-Honda driver Sergio Perez will be looking to clinch his first-ever British Grand Prix title this weekend.
The Mexican star missed last's year's British Grand Prix after he tested positive for COVID-19 and he has been a revelation in the 2021 season.
Leclerc settled for a sixth spot finish in the most recent race in the current campaign which was the Austrian Grand Prix on July 4.
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His teammate Max Verstappen took his fifth Formula One win of the 2021 season when clinched the Austrian Grand Prix title.
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris of McLaren finished second and third respectively in a race that took place at the Red Bull Ring.
Verstappen is placed at the top of this year's Drivers' Championship standings and he is followed by Hamilton.
Perez is placed third on the standings and he is 46 points behind second-placed Hamilton, who is the reigning Formula One world champion.
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The 31-year-old was “very sorry” after collecting a pair of five-second time penalties for pushing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc off the track twice during the Austrian Grand Prix.
“With Charles I’m very sorry because it’s not the way I like to race, I’m not that type of driver that races that way. We were in very dirty air, on very hot tyres, very hot brakes and we were just trying to brake as late as possible," Perez said.
“Obviously I haven’t seen the incidents but I’m very sorry if I ended up affecting his race because Charles is a driver that races very hard but always on the limit and I’m the same. So I’m not happy with myself in that and I just move on.”
Red Bull Racing-Honda are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they were followed by Mercedes and McLaren-Mercedes respectively.
2020 British Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third-Place: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
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