Kimi Antonelli is back in the winner’s column, taking the first sprint race victory of his Formula 1 career on Saturday at Silverstone.

The 19-year-old started second behind home favorite Lewis Hamilton and swept past the seven-time world champion on Lap 8 of 17 to take the lead.

Lando Norris, another of five British drivers in this year’s field, improved from a starting position of sixth to finish third. But he crossed the line almost 10 seconds behind the top two.

Hamilton held off Antonelli at the start of the first of two races this weekend, and the pair built up a comfortable gap to a train of drivers behind them.

Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Norris all exchanged places over the opening laps, as the reality of managing engine energy around Silverstone became clear.

Energy deployment came into play on the move for the lead, with Antonelli pestering Hamilton into Village eight laps in and forcing the Ferrari driver to use up much of his battery energy holding him off.

On the Hangar Straight later in the same lap, there was nothing Hamilton could do as the Mercedes moved past him. The seven-time world champion was then unable to eat into the near three-second gap that Antonelli built up to the finish.

Russell recovered from a scrappy start to finish fourth, Leclerc came fifth, Verstappen finished where he started in sixth, while Oscar Piastri could not improve on seventh. Liam Lawson took the race’s final point in eighth.

Results:

1 Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

2 Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

3 Lando Norris, McLaren

4 George Russell, Mercedes

5 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

6 Max Verstappen, Red Bull

7 Oscar Piastri, McLaren

8 Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls

9 Isack Hadjar, Red Bull

10 Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls

11 Pierre Gasly, Alpine

12 Franco Colapinto, Alpine

13 Nico Hülkenberg, Audi

14 Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi

15 Ollie Bearman, Haas

16 Esteban Ocon, Haas

17 Carlos Sainz, Williams

18 Alex Albon, Williams

19 Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac

20 Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin

21 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin

22 Sergio Pérez, Cadillac