It was the home hero Lando Norris who claimed the number one spot in a British Grand Prix that will go down in the history books.
As the rain hit the track hard throughout the race, the order was shuffled throughout, but the McLaren's stayed on top from the start and saw the wave of the chequered flag first. This being Papaya's first one-two in England since 2000.
The safety cars made the big difference to the pack as Nico Hülkenberg and Lance Stroll found themselves in contention for a podium spot - a position neither of them have been familiar with.
Hülkenberg was the successful one as he held the eager seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton off as the race came to a close. This marked Sauber's first podium finish for 13 years.
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Momentum is back in Norris' favour
Triumph at Silverstone marks Norris' first back-to-back win this year.
Saturday's qualifying session was more successful for the current Championship leader Oscar Piastri as he put himself on the front row starting in P2 behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Norris being slightly slower starting in third.
However, after what McLaren deemed as a "harsh penalty" to Oscar at the time, 10 seconds longer spent in the pit for the Australian meant Lando Norris could take the lead.
The Brit now closes the gap between himself and Piastri to eight points.
In a dominant year for McLaren so far, it has been the Aussie which has seen more success throughout 2025 pushing for the number one spot of the two. However, Norris' wins in Britain and Austria may have just seen the momentum switch.
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Nico's podium drought is over
After 239 races in Formula One, Hülkenberg made his first ever podium finish last weekend.
Kick Sauber nailed the German's pit stop timings with the number of safety cars throughout the race, putting Nico on fresh inters earlier than others and slick tyres later.
Lewis Hamilton came breathing down the neck of Hülkenberg as the chequered flag got closer but he kept the Ferrari at bay - ending Hamilton's run of 12 consecutive podium finishes at the circuit.
This finish comes as history for the German who served the longest career in F1 history before scoring a first podium.
Closing things in P3 also pushes the team to seventh place.
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Failure for Mercedes in their home race
In a day to forget for the Silver Arrows, a "catastrophic" choice of starting both drivers on hard tyres in wet conditions made it a bad day at the office.
Kimi Antonelli was rear-ended by Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar putting him into early retirement.
Teammate George Russell claimed the final point of the race from 10th, dropping from a starting position of P4.
Mercedes' number one driver said the decision to start on the hards was not a bad one, but the virtual safety car following the opening lap's incident brought the gamble to a failure.
The immediate VSC following Liam Lawson's crash meant Russell couldn't keep the hard tyres up to temperature. With attempts to bring it back as the race went on, a second call to move back to the hard tyre came with hope that quickly dwindled as he struggled even more.
- Time to go for Colapinto?
Alpine's Franco Colapinto failed to see lights out as he retired from the race following the formation lap.
The Argentine had a disappointing Saturday in quali as he suffered a spin in Q1 which put him at the back of the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix.
A number of alterations to the Alpine further demoted him to start from the pit lane come 3pm on race day, but a "driveline issue" meant Colapinto could not make a start.
With a challenging stint so far for the rookie, talk of the town is that this was an issue caused by the 22-year-old burning the clutch during formation, further putting pressure on the number two.
