Max Verstappen wins 70th Anniversary GP over Mercedes Duo
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Max Verstappen has become the only driver other than Mercedes to win a race in 2020, the Red Bull racer won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix over the Mercedes pairing of Lewis Hamilton and pole sitter Valtteri Bottas after an incredible display at Silverstone.
Verstappen started the race on the hard compounds, the only racer in the top 10.
After starting P4 went P3 by Turn 1, after he passed Nico Hulkenberg and managed his pace brilliantly through the race, putting on the pressure over the Mercedes early on before taking the lead from Bottas with a brilliant move around Luffield, where he continued to dominate and took his first win since Brazil last year and Red Bull’s first at Silverstone since 2012.
Hamilton enjoyed a late success passing his team mate with only two laps to go into Brooklands to claim second place equalling the record of podium finishes held by Michael Schumacher while it was the second time in three years that Bottas has failed to convert a Silverstone pole into a win as he came third.
Charles Leclerc was another driver who made incredible strategy making a one-stop work to claim a fine P4, while team mate Sebastian Vettel could only manage P12, having spun on his own at the first corner.
Alex Albon took fifth for the other Red Bull, passing Lance Stroll with a lap to go, Stroll ending up P6 ahead of stand-in team mate Nico Hulkenberg, who stopped late on for soft compounds.
Completing top 10, Esteban Ocon was P8, ahead of Lando Norris and Daniil Kvyat, who despite his lower starting position, finished one spot ahead of team mate Pierre Gasly to take his second point of the season.
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