Charles Leclerc says his fourth-place finish at the 🐟70th Formula 1 Anniversary Grand Pr🍸ix at Silverstone "feels like a victory".

On the back of his podium finish, Leclerc recovered from eighth place to finish fourth behind race winner Max Verstappen and the♌ Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Va🐻ltteri Bottas.

Leclerc was one of two drivers to finish inside the top eight to opt🅷 for the one-stop🉐 strategy - a strategy call which allowed him to jump the two Racing Points.

Reflecting on his P4 at Silverstone, Leclerc said: "I am extremely happy today. It feels like a victory. It’s not great to say that onꦯce you finish fourth but the reality is we are not quick enough today, but 🤡today was very impressive.

"I don’t know where we found our pace but we were very quick on the hard tyres, especially towards the end of the stint. Extremely𒁏 ꦇhappy with the job we did today."

Lecl🎶erc hailed his and the team’s decision to opt for a one-stop strategy, with the majority of his competitors opting for two stops.

"Yesterday was a very difficult day but today was a very good day," Leclerc added. I think the strategy played an important pa⛦rt in our result today. I pushed quite a lot of the team to make this one-stop 🐻work.

"I think everyone was pretty scared after what happened last week with the tyres blowing and everything, but w♏e made it work. I am also happy with the progress I have made with the tyre management."

The result means Lec♊lerc moves up to fourth in the drivers’ championship ahead of Lando Norris.