SILVERSTONE – Lando Norris won a treacherous rain-hit British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 6 from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.

Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg took third for the veteran German’s first ever podium in 239 races.

Briton Norris returned to a rapturous reception from his home fans as he won his home race for the first time and moved to within eight points of leader Piastri in the drivers’ standings.

“It’s beautiful, everything I ever dreamed of, this is everything I wanted to achieve, aside from winning the championship, this is as good as it gets,” beamed Norris.

He added: “In terms of being a stressful race, this is as stressful as you can get. It was a good race for Oscar as well. I’ve got to give credit to Oscar, he was fast the whole way. “So a round of applause Oscar, because he put up a good fight.”

Piastri, who finished less than seven seconds behind Norris, threw away the win after the Australian was hit with a 10-second penalty for a safety car infringement.

As last week’s heatwave gave way to a more typical British summer’s day – spells of blue sky mixed with torrential showers – drivers had to keep their wits about them with puddles forming on the track.

And Norris emerged from the chaos all smiles as he added to his wins already this season in Austria, Monaco and Australia.

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton came in fourth ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Piastri fell foul of the stewards when braking heavily before the safety car peeled off, a decision that left Piastri feeling robbed.

“I’m not going to say much, I don’t want to get myself in trouble,” he said in the post-race interview.

“Apparently, you can’t brake behind the safety car anymore,” he added.