Max Verstappen beat the Mer✱cedes duo to victory in Formula🐷 1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix with Red Bull pulling off a brilliant strategy.

Verstappen star﷽ted fourth o♏n the grid running the Hard compound which enabled him to run longer into the first stint compared to the Medium-shod Mercedes duo, both of whom were struggling with tyre degradation amid hot temperatures.

Despite a sloওw pit-stop when he came in on Lap 26, Verstappen returned to the track just behind Bottas and snatched the lead with a brilliant ❀around-the-outside pass at Luffield.

Verst🍸appen went on to secure his ninth career grand prix victory, delivering Red Bull its first win at Silverstone since 2012.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton ran a longer second stint than Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and overtook the Finn at Brooklands with three laps to go to secure second place and equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 155 podium finishes in﷽ F1.

Bottas finished seven seconds behind Hamilton in the end as he struggled on his older Hard tyres. Bottas has now fallen behind Verstappen in the championship and 3ꦯ4 points adrift of Hamilton. 

Charles Leclerc claimed a brilliant fourth for Ferrari as only one of two drivers who successf💃💞ully pulled off a one-stop race, with Alex Albon taking fifth place for Red Bull.

Lance Stroll headed Racing Point te🦩ammate Nico Hulkenberg in sixth place as the Silverstone-based outfit secured a strong points haul at its home race.

Esteban Ocon pipped McLaren’s Lando Norris to eighth place for Renault, while Daniil Kvyat overcame AlphaTauri t♏eammate Pierre Gasly to claim the ﷺfinal point on offer in 10th.

Sebastian Vettel endured another torrid race at Silverstone for Ferrari. It turned into a recovery drive from the back of the field after the four-time world champion spun off all by himsel♎f at Abbe♋y on the first lap, before ultimately rising to 12th.

McLaren’s Carlos Sainz wa🃏s the last driver to finish on the lead lap in ✃13th, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo who fell from his fifth place starting position and had a costly spin while battling the Spaniard just shy of mid-distance.

The Aust♚ralian finished well clear of the one-stopping Alfa Ro🌟meo of Kimi Raikkonen, who took 15th ahead of Romain Grosjean’s Haas and teammate Antonio Giovinazzi.

George Russell led home the Williams pair in 18th, finishing just 0.882s behind Giovinazzi’s Alfa and half a second clear of teammate Nicholas Latifi, while Kev💟in Magnussen was the only retirement.